chapter8lec2009 - Chapter 8 Yakking about Progressivism Where have we been Lincoln lots of presidential power Johnson Congress starts eroding power

Chapter 8 Yakking about Progressivism Where have we been? • Lincoln – lots of presidential power • Johnson – Congress starts eroding power • Johnson through McKinley: We go through the Reconstruction period and the Gilded Age • We go into the nadir period of presidential power. • Parties are important… I glazed over the parties. There are A LOT of small but important parties in this period, but we didn’t go over them • Socially, the country is going through a lot of changes We’re moving into the Progressive Era

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• Population in USA has doubled between 1870-1900 • Massive urbanization & immigration • Industrial concentration has resulted in giant ‘trusts’ • In short, as Americans the Progressive Era makes us think more about ‘we’ and less about ‘I’ • Scientific management becomes popular Theodore Roosevelt • Fundamentally changes – government starts the move to executive centered • Youngest man to become president • Another ‘accidental’ president • First to win a Nobel Peace Prize • First to ride in a car and an airplane • One of his sons said “When father goes to a wedding, he wants to be the bride; when he goes to a funeral, he wants to

be the corpse.” • Flub over inauguration • Thank TR for some spellings in your dictionary Influences upon TR • President is a steward of the people • Ala Andrew Jackson • Alexander Hamilton • Executive power of nation is vested in President Things about TR • Tremendous energy and unabashed exercise of office’s power mark his presidency •