American Conservatism Term practice

Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt

1st president of the 20th century, believes that everyone has a certain duty in America and if we do not fulfill that duty then we are lazy. It is our responsibility to join the war 

Progressivism

Support for advocacy of social reform and adaption

Philippines

stated by Theodore Roosevelt how “their people are utterly unfit for self-government, and show no signs of becoming fit. 

Woodrow Wilson

Known for advocating League of Nations and being a huge part of it, a democrat

Henry Cabot Lodge

America first, the people and congress should lead America

League of Nations

Created by Woodraw Wilson, an organization which claimed to obtain world peace by not fighting in wars

American exceptionalism

The belief that America is distinctive, unique, or exemplary compared to other nations

laissez-faire

An economic policy or a leadership style that advocates for minimal government or authority intervention.

KKK (“Second Klan”)

A racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-catholic secret society that established in the early 1900s. Focuses on white supremacy, 

Herbert Hoover

Said to collapse the economy and Republican consensus with it

Franklin D. Roosevelt

No need for government expansion. Socialist?- Created the New Deal

New Deal

Created by FDR, reforms made in response to the Great Depression

American Liberty League

conservatives opposed of the new deal

Our Enemy, the State

Talks about the indicators of state power and how it would not diminish 

distributism

advocates for distributing private property (as land) to the maximum degree among individual owners