The Roosevelts’ Legacy: Compare and ContrastJanet Schirm, NazilaShafagati, Sitara Sundar and Gaby Trigo

Political Views

Progressive Republican (TR)

Democrat (FDRP

•Bull Moose Party•Opposition of “laissez faire”•Government Regulation (meat packing, factory inspections, minimum wage, etc)•Strong foreign involvement

•Greatly affected by the Great Depression•Blank Check•Lend Lease•Regulation of Wall Street•Supreme Court

Family (and others…)Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Delano

Roosevelt•Eleanor Roosevelt• Active First Lady

• Anna Eleanor; James; Franklin Delano, Jr.; Elliot, second Franklin Delano, Jr.; John Aspinwall

•Lucy Mercer• “Mrs. Johnson”• With him on his

deathbed•Marguerite Missy LeHand

•Married twice• Alice Hathaway

• Died 1884• Edith Kermit Carow

• Active First Lady• Remodeled White

House• China Collection• Family finances• Judge of

Character• Children: Alice, Ted,

Kermit, Ethel, Archie, Quentin

Personal LifeTR with his second wife, with whom he was childhood friends.

FDR with his family

Square Deal vs. New DealSquare Deal (TR)

Goal: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

Tried to find a balance between trust/corporation power and workers’ needs

Major Acts: Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act; inspired by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

Square Deal vs. New DealNew Deal (FDR)

Goal: Relief, Recovery, Reform

Democratic idea, Republican party was split on the validity of the program

Tried to get the USA out of the Great Depression, unsuccesful

Major Acts: Wagner Act, Social Security Act

SQUARE DEAL (TR) NEW DEAL (FDR)

Naval InvolvementTR

The Naval War of 1812 book

Non-biased book that was complete with drawings that compare the British and US navy. Was considered one of the first modern historical novels.

Assistnat Secretary of the Navy

Appointed by President McKinley. Aided in the Spanish-American war (The Great White Fleet)

FDR

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Appointed by President Wilson

Enthusiastic advocate of the submarine and the navy during World War I

Negotiated with Congress to approve naval budgets

EconomyTR

“trust buster”Broke up monopolies and trusts that were monopolizing industries and ruining competition

Roosevelt CorollaryAllowed US to intervene in foreign affairs on the west hemisphere in order to "stabilize" the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean if they couldn’t pay international debts

FDR

Keynesian EconomicsIncrease in governmental spending to improve the economy.

Example: New Deal Progams

Economy improved during the Great Depression but unemployment rates rose as well

TRUST BUSTER (TR) KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS(FDR)

Foreign PolicyTR

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Believed in the use of military power

Imperialist

Panama Canal: Aided Panama in becoming independent and bought the canal

FDR

World War IIRejected Neutrality and aided the Allies with the Lend-Lease Act

Joined the War after Pearl Harbor

Anti-imperialismWanted to end European colonization

POST PEARL HARBOR(FDR)“SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK”(TR)