How Did Theodore Roosevelt Influence The Making Of Federal Government

Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, was known as a diversifiable figure during his years of presidency. During his presidency, he changed so much for the U.S. while also staying a good president. Roosevelt focused a lot on preserving the nation’s natural resources and also began construction on the Panama Canal, which helped in the foreign policy. Roosevlet’s goal was to create a new economy, replacing the old laissez-faire economic environment, to give better control to the federal government in that time period. During his presidency however, Roosevelt made significant steps for the making of federal governments, mainly in the areas of labor, trusts and conservation. Labor was one of

Industrialization created many labor strikes such as the coal strike in 1902, which was a strike where most of the workers wanted higher wages, less hours, and just better recognition from their union. Roosevelt wanted a more interventionist role for the federal government and this was proved in the coal strike. In the magazine, Smithsonian, it states, “Once settled in his new job, Roosevelt aimed to guarantee that, as America’s prosperity took hold, the laws applied to the country’s elite and its poor alike—to its agitated laborers, and its heralded capitalists. He wanted to assert the primacy of government over business.” (Berfield, 2020) Roosevelt wanted to be the best president he could be and he attempted that by asserting the primacy of the government which means he wanted to prove that the government is more important than any business and without a good stable government we really don’t have anything else in our country. Roosevelt attempted to calm the strike down before it ended. He ended up creating the spare deal with many agreed upon. This new deal created protection for the rights of the workers and to settle more disputes that pop up, going to later help the labor