Lecture on Wilson's Foreign Policy in World War I

The PowerPoint of our lecture on the attempt to export Progressivism abroad to save the world for democracy in World War I is below.

TR and the Other Side of the Progressives

In this lecture we look at the not-so-progressive side of the Progressive reformers, concentrating on the domestic and foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt. After summing up his contributions to conservation and consumer protection, we look at the notorious Brownesville episode (1906), TR's views on race and equality, and his policy toward Latin America. With the latter, Roosevelt revealed some of the less flattering aspects of Progressivism, compromising our nation'a philosophical ideals unecessarily in the legitimate quest to upold its objective security.

TR and the Other Side of the Progressives (a Video Podcast in the iPod Video format)

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)

The Progressives: Part One

This audio podcast introduces the Progressives, at the municipal and state levels.

Click here for the audio podcast.