The Progressive Ascendance: The Elections of 1912 and 1932
Abstract
Two elections had more impact on creating the modern United States then any other for the last century. These two elections provided for the formation of the modern America and its transformation from a great power to the sole superpower in the world. It was these two elections, 1912 and 1932, that witnessed the transformation of progressivism from a once-little loved ideal into the mainstream position it held for most of the last century. In the election of 1912, each of the major political candidates espoused views that had their origins in the Progressive movement. The candidacies of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Taft all shared progressive thoughts in their party platforms; twenty years later those same ideas coalesced into Franklin D. Roosevelt’s monumental election. The elections of 1912 and 1932 formed the basis of modern American liberalism and helped to shape the United States into the modern state that it is today.
Semester/Year of Award
Spring 2015
Mentor
Thomas H. Appleton
Mentor Department Affiliation
History
Access Options
Restricted Access Thesis
Document Type
Bachelor Thesis
Degree Name
Honors Scholars
Degree Level
Bachelor's
Department
History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies
Department Name when Degree Awarded
History
Recommended Citation
Salyer, Andrew T., "The Progressive Ascendance: The Elections of 1912 and 1932" (2015). Honors Theses. 244.
https://encompass.eku.edu/honors_theses/244
