Assignment:
Domestic Policy
· How did Theodore Roosevelt embody Progressive reform at the national level? How did his "square deal" attempt to shift the role of the federal government in the American economy and in American society?
· Compare and contrast Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism with Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom. How effective did Wilson's New Freedom prove to be? In what ways did Wilson later embrace New Nationalism?
· How and why did Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge redirect the nation's politics away from Progressivism? Why was this shift so popular? How did it affect the nation's economy?
· What were the main goals of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal? How did it attempt to achieve those goals? What is the legacy of the New Deal today?