FDR and the Modern Executive Establishment
Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They examine how his policies changed with the onset of World War II.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They examine how his policies changed with the onset of World War II.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They examine how Roosevelt was influenced by Lincoln's presidency.
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Professor Michael Nelson discusses Abraham Lincoln and religion.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, comparing and contrasting their interpretations of progressivism and their stands on foreign affairs.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the strengthening of the party system during this time, and the executive power Jackson exercised.
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Professors Ronald J. Pestritto and Lance Robinson describe the 1912 presidential campaign, in which progressives Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt ran against each other. Pestritto and Robinson consider why these men chose to run against each other and the context within which they campaigned.
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Professors Ronald J. Pestritto and Lance Robinson explore political progressives' view of the role and definition of federal administrative agencies in the U.S. government. They compare and contrast Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson's ideas on the subject.
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Professors Ronald J. Pestritto and Lance Robinson explore political progressive thought in relation to the ideal role of the President in the U.S. They examine Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt's understandings of the role of the Presidency, the ways in which they shaped the institutions, and the historical effects of those changes.
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Professor Ronald J. Pestritto looks at the political progressive view of the separation of powers in the U.S. government, focusing on Woodrow Wilson's thoughts on the matter as an example.
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Professors Lucas E. Morel and Diana Schaub look at the history of demands for reparation for slavery and of instances and accusations of racial profiling in the U.S. They begin with a short discussion of affirmative action statistics, continuing from the lecture "Affirmative Action."