1. ASH HIS 204 W EEK 2 A SSIGNMENT T HE P ROGRESSIVE P RESIDENTS NEW C HECK THIS A+ TUTORIAL GUIDELINE AT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HIS -204- ASH - NEW / HIS -204- WEEK -2- ASSIGNMENT - THE - PROGRESSIVE - PRESIDENTS F OR MORE CLASSES VISIT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM T HE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912 WAS THE MOST P ROGRESSIVE IN US HISTORY ; WITH THE TWO FRONTRUNNERS, T HEODORE R OOSEVELT AND W OODROW W ILSON, BOTH ESPOUSING P ROGRESSIVE PHILOSOPHIES ( AND THE MOST “ CONSERVATIVE ” CANDIDATE, W ILLIAM H OWARD T AFT, BEING IN MANY WAYS A P ROGRESSIVE HIMSELF ). A LTHOUGH BOTH W ILSON AND R OOSEVELT WERE P ROGRESSIVE, THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD P ROGRESSIVISM DIFFERED, AT LEAST IN THEORY. T HIS PAPER WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE COMPLEX NATURE OF P ROGRESSIVISM, AND TO EXPLORE HOW PRESIDENTS ’ POLICIES WHILE IN OFFICE OFTEN DIFFER FROM THEIR RHETORIC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. T O COMPLETE THIS PAPER, START BY ANALYZING THE PRIMARY SOURCES LISTED BELOW TO UNCOVER EACH PRESIDENT ’ S POLITICAL PRINCIPLES AND BELIEFS. C OMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO MEN ’ S HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HIS -204- ASH - NEW / HIS -204- WEEK -2- ASSIGNMENT - THE - PROGRESSIVE - PRESIDENTS HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM

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