How is roosevelt a liberal

In a political swamp full of alligators, summoning the ghosts of dead presidents is relatively safe ground.

Likewise, commercial advertisers take great liberty with the past. Beer and whiskey producers have long used presidents as brand ambassadors Old Hickory bourbon and Budweiser are good examples. These contemporary invocations remind us of the real value of legacy, however it might be interpreted.

The past has meaning for the present, and that meaning can be translated into advantage. Truth is not the highest value in the contest between presidential ghosts. Happy Warrior: Teddy Roosevelt in , the last year of his life. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Despite being the subject of scholarly historical biographies that document their lives with precision and care, American presidents are dogged by half-truths, myths, and arbitrary citations in public memory. But because their legacies are produced by successive generations, they often tell us more about the agents of commemoration than the men who sat behind the Resolute Desk.

Examining presidential legacies helps us solve a historical problem: It allows us to see who shapes our perceptions of the past. Memorializers lay claim to historical narratives and create the illusion of public memory, invoking select elements of our shared past as shiny baubles to emulate and admire.

So by understanding these myths, the mythmakers, and the motives of memorialization, we can see a laminated past with countless layers. On the relations between the growth in executive power and the Progressive Era, see Maureen Flanagan, America Reformed, Franklin D.

Roosevelt is shown signing a law that created the Tennessee Valley Authority in President Roosevelt's so-called New Deal liberalism drew largely from ideas of classic liberalism.

AP Photo. Liberalism, he wrote: came into use to denote a new spirit that grew and spread with the rise of democracy. The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation. The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living. The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad. The right of every family to a decent home.

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. With the assassination in of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive who was his vice-president took over the presidency and in that moment, progressivism ceased to be a set of ideas defended mainly by college educated people, muckraking journalists, intellectuals, and businessmen in urban areas to be a national discussion.

The fact that progressive ideas were defended and promoted by a charismatic and energetic President like Teddy Roosevelt was very important because it put progressivism in the spotlight of American Politics. He became a bully pulpit in his own words of a serious of values and ideas that still influence modern American presidency. In his first address in the state of the union in , Teddy Roosevelt gave some hints about his visions for America.

Since the industrial changes which have so enormously increased the productive power of mankind, they are no longer sufficient. The domestic program of Teddy Roosevelt can be summaryzed in the concept of Square Deal which was formed essentially by three ideas: conservation of natural resources, regulation of big corporations and consumer protection, but above all, that the government should play a role in correcting the injustices and balance the diferent interests in society reaching a middle ground that could be as fair as possible for all.

However, even with all the adversity, Teddy Roosevelt managed to adopt important policies. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts here.

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