How did theodore roosevelt change the conception of the presidency? whig?

As President, Roosevelt pushed executive powers to new limits, arguing that the rise of industrial capitalism had rendered limited government obsolete.

Roosevelt’s stewardship theory unmoored presidential power from the Constitution and made it directly accountable to the people.

Roosevelt continued until his death to press for Progressive reforms that would move the country closer to the social democracies of Europe.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.

the crusaders are identified in the painting;

c. by the red crosses on their backs