Rooseveltian
Progressive American governance
Rooseveltian describes something characteristic of or relating to a Roosevelt, typically Theodore or Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Applied to Theodore, it suggests vigorous, bellicose energy and progressive reform: his Rooseveltian approach to trust-busting.
Applied to Franklin, it evokes expansive federal programs and fireside communication: a Rooseveltian vision of government intervention.
The context usually clarifies which Roosevelt is meant.
1930s global economic crisis
- fireside chatsInformal presidential broadcasts
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
Bull Moose · San Juan Hill · Rough Riders · Progressive Era · conservation · antitrust · National Parks · Forest Service
Dissolving illegal monopolies
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
reform · social security · public works · labor standards · banking reform · relief programs · recovery programs · interventionism
Improve by correcting faults
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- activismDirect effort for reform
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
muckraking · trust-busting · consumer protection · conservation · suffrage · fair wages · worker safety · economic equality
Compellingly attractive to others
- boldCourageous and daring
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- commandingExerting strong authority
- transformativeCausing major change
resilient · courageous · vigorous · ebullient · patrician · energetic · optimistic · confident
Vocalize at low volume
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
- Nobel Peace PrizeHonor for advancing harmony
- corollaryLogical natural consequence
Monroe Doctrine · interventionism · mediation · arbitration · foreign policy · hemispheric · United Nations · Yalta
Great Depression
1930s global economic crisis
- fireside chatsInformal presidential broadcasts
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
Panama Canal · Bull Moose · San Juan Hill · Rough Riders · Progressive Era · conservation · antitrust · National Parks · Forest Service · TVA
trust-busting
Dissolving illegal monopolies
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
conservation · reform · social security · public works · labor standards · banking reform · relief programs · recovery programs · interventionism · social welfare
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- activismDirect effort for reform
progressivism · muckraking · trust-busting · consumer protection · conservation · suffrage · fair wages · worker safety · economic equality · grassroots
charismatic
Compellingly attractive to others
- boldCourageous and daring
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- commandingExerting strong authority
transformative · resilient · courageous · vigorous · ebullient · patrician · energetic · optimistic · confident · fireside
speak softly
Vocalize at low volume
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
- Nobel Peace PrizeHonor for advancing harmony
corollary · Monroe Doctrine · interventionism · mediation · arbitration · foreign policy · hemispheric · United Nations · Yalta · Lend-Lease
Rooseveltianlaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
free-market · libertarian · deregulatory · supply-side · neoliberal
Rooseveltianpassive
Not actively participating
timid · laissez-faire · do-nothing · caretaker · minimalist
Rooseveltianrugged individualist
Self-reliant, tough-minded person
anti-labor · pro-business · plutocratic · anti-union · trickle-down