The Progressive Presidents

Today we had an exam at the end of the class but we began with a brief introduction to the Progressive Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. In twenty minutes or so, we looked at the "bright" side of the story, the ways in which Theodore Roosevelt served the cause of democracy and equal rights for all with his sometimes symbolic, and sometimes substantive, actions on these fronts.
Next time we look at their failures to extend democracy and fail dealings to all Americans, failures that were often glaring.

The Progressive Presidents: An Introduction (Video iPod format)