Great Americans

I. Roosevelt and the War A. Openly Critical of Wilson 1. Outraged by German atrocities--the reports of German atrocities sickened Roos...

I. The Women's Peace Party A. Addams the Pacifist 1. True to her ideals--Addams had long been a pacifist, stretching back to at le...

II. War--What is it Good For? A. War and the National Interest--nations fight wars because they see  them serving  a particular national ...

I. America and "Foreign" Wars A. Historical Suspicion of Foreign Entanglements--most Americans viewed their separation from Eu...

I. The Campaign for the Republican Nomination A. Primaries--were a new innovation in 1912, pushed by Progressives like Roosevelt. Primari...

I. Sagamore Hill A. Family life 1. Being a father--although his children were largely grown up by this time (the two youngest were of ...

I. Choosing a Successor A. William Howard Taft--during Roosevelt's presidency, Taft was the go-to guy to troubleshoot problems that Ro...