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Essay Instructions: I need a 500-700 word essay over Theodore Roosevelt's 1910, New Nationalism Speech. Make sure to include the author, title and date of the document. Answer the following questions in the summary: Is an intended audience evident? Why is the document important? What does it tell us about the time period? How does it help us to better understand early American history?

Essay Instructions: The Progressive Presidents

The presidential election of 1912 was the most Progressive in U.S. history, with the two frontrunners, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, both espousing Progressive philosophies. Although both Wilson and Roosevelt were Progressive, their attitudes toward Progressivism differed, at least in theory. Your paper will provide an opportunity to review the complex nature of Progressivism, and to explore how presidents? policies while in office often differ from their rhetoric on the campaign trail.

Using the primary sources below, compare and contrast the two men?s principles based on their writings. Using the textbook and at least one secondary source from the library?s JSTOR or Project MUSE databases, compare each presidents? political principles with his actions while in office. How well did their actions match their rhetoric?

Draw from the material in the AT LEAST ONE of the following sources when writing your paper:
Bull Moose Party. (1912, Aug. 7). Platform of the Progressive party. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/tr-progressive/
Roosevelt, T. R. (1910, Aug. 31). The new nationalism. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/tr-nationalism/
Wilson, W. (1913, March 4). First inaugural address. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/tr-woodrow/
Wilson, W. (1913). What is progress? In The new freedom: A call for the emancipation of the generous energies of a people (Chapter II). New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14811/14811-h/14811-h.htm#II
The paper must be three to four pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.

Essay Instructions: I would like a different writer then the Excellencio writer please.



Assignment 5: Progressivism


Deliverables

* Three-page essay response (12 point font) to exercise questions.

Activity Details

Perform the following tasks:

* Step 1: Read the article, "Herbert Croly, Progressive Democracy (1914)."

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* Step 2: Read the article, "Eugene V. Debs, 'The Outlook for Socialism in the United States'."

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* Step 3: Read the article, "Woodrow Wilson, from The New Freedom (1913)."

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* Step 4: Read the article, "Theodore Roosevelt, from The New Nationalism (1910)."
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* Step 5: After reading the articles, respond to the following.
Use MS Word to write your response to the following:
o Compare the views on America and its desired future, as expressed by each author.
o Rate these authors by the radicalism expressed in their articles.
o What common themes do they share? Where are they significantly different?
o Which vision is the closest to the way America actually developed over the next several decades?

Essay Instructions: You have been given a handout of a primary source written by Margaret Fuller (http://books.google.com/books?id=c1oSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=margaret+fuller+rome,+december+2,+1848&source=bl&ots=GWah_YwK15&sig=VdeUWTLyMkzdtYJqI56CufJ9v1U&hl=en&ei=wpvJTMKzH4L68Ab4y6yfAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false PAGES 336 - 345). This work was written in 1848 about the Revolutionary activity in Rome. You are a historian. It is your responsibility to read this document and analyze it. You need to ask yourself the following questions:
What is "going on" in this document?
Who wrote this document?
What does the source tell us about the new nationalism movement?
What does this document tell us about the author?
Why was this written?

In your analysis, you will determine what this document tells us about the event politically, religiously, artistically, intellectually, socially, and economically. You must use at least three of these categories in your analysis. I suggest that you use at least one individual paragraph for each category. There must be a thesis statement in the first paragraph, last sentence.