FDR as "Halfway Wilsonian"
Professor John Moser examines the foreign policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, comparing and contrasting it to the policies of Woodrow Wilson.
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Professor John Moser examines the foreign policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, comparing and contrasting it to the policies of Woodrow Wilson.
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Professor John Moser examines Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward's establishment of the power of the federal government over that of the state governments and the implications this had for foreign policy. Moser considers the Civil War as the possible origin of U.S. nationalism.
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Professor Jeremi Suri details the life and foreign policy views of John Quincy Adams, examining how Adams merged popular nationalism with international realism.
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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 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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Professor Christopher Flannery looks at the autobiography of novelist, journalist, historian, and academic Henry Adams (18381918). Flannery focuses on what it says about the "American character" and how Adams saw it changing at the turn of the century.