The King Of Progressivism: Teddy Roosevelt

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Mr. Langford
US History: Period 6
19 November, 2015
The King of Progressivism As Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt once said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Teddy Roosevelt was a president during the time full of economical and political reforms, in which progressivism arose in the United States. Progressivism is a term that is known as a variety of responses to the economic and social problems that rapid industrialization has caused in American. Progressives, like Teddy Roosevelt, rejected the idea of Social Darwinism or “survival of the fittest”; instead, these progressives strived to enhance the lives of many others through social reforms that expose the corruption of corporate greed and such. William Taft and Woodrow

For example, Roosevelt’s Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which were laws that mandated the inspection of livestock in order to create sanitary meatpacking factories that would pave the way for sterile and wholesome to the population in the United States. Also, the laws mandated that foods and drugs were to be labeled properly with whatever content it has, how many quantities it contained, and such. Reforms that such as these not only pave way for an enhanced society, but also further affect the lives of others in a positive manner. Before President Roosevelt took charged and ensured the safety of meat productions, meats were often time rotten and underwent adulteration, a process in which poisonous colors, odors, ingredients and such ingredients were used in the production of meat to make meats seem as lively and fresh as possible. Roosevelt’s intensively progressive reforms helped put an end to situations like this in and in some ways, has saved many people people from dying untimely or at an early age due to poisons or such from the food they

For instance, Roosevelt created the New Federal Lands Act which was a reform to preserve the natural resources and nature. This law created one hundred and fifty national forests, protection of forty-two through one hundred and seventy-two wild acres, five national parks and fifty-one wildlife refuges; all of these serving the purpose of preserving the forest for as long as possible and awareness of preserving the animals that coexist with the human population in the United States. Not only are these reforms an act to combat against the rising industrialization, but also point to the fact that Roosevelt is the most progressive president in history due to the fact that he not only concentrated on improving the lives of people, but is also intent on preserving the earth itself; after all, only truly progressive people are willing to go the extra mile to protect what should be protected for the people and for the