Wilson and Roosevelt

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The paper discusses how government became bigger and more powerful under the leadership of Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt. The paper looks at the many progressive measures passed by Wilson and at the vision and achievements of Roosevelt. The paper concludes that whether these changes are good or bad for the country can be debated, but these men definitely changed the role of the president in America.

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"Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt were both presidents that changed the American presidency through legislation and actually made the presidency more powerful by doing so. Through legislation, both men illustrated how the power of the president can extend beyond 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and extend into the cities and towns across the country. Wilson and Roosevelt were able to pass many measures that allowed them to govern legislatively like no presidents before them. Both men had different ideas in mind but both men made giant steps in directing a new path for government to travel down. Government became bigger and more powerful under the leadership of these men, changing the role of the president forever."

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• Dimock, Marshall. "Woodrow Wilson as Legislative Leader." The Journal of Politics. 19.1. JSTOR Resource Database. Retreived September 6, 2008. <http://www.jstor.org>
• Milkis Sidney. "Franklin D. Roosevelt and The Transcendence of Partisan Politics." Political Science Quarterly. 100.3. JSTOR Resource Database. Retreived September 6, 2008. <http://www.jstor.org>

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