They were all progressive reformers, but their foreign policies were definitely comparable. Roosevelt's foreign policy was the "Big Stick Policy." Speak softly and carry a big stick; he used the...
William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt were friends. Roosevelt hand-picked Taft to succeed him as President. But as Taft ran his administration and policies against those of Roosevelt, it caused...
Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor, and Roosevelt believed that Taft would maintain many of Roosevelt's reforms. He didn't, and when Roosevelt ran as a third-party presidential candidate, the...