In 1894, Theodore Roosevelt pointed out that they were living in a period of great social revolutions. He saw these revolutions as being brought about by the industrial revolution, and capitalism that was taking place at that time. He noted that displacement of populations to create room for expansion of factories and the expansion of towns had led to discontent among the masses. “As society became more urban and more complex,”   In response to the changing situations at the time, Roosevelt wondered what one ought to think of Industrial America. Different people viewed the challenges that were facing America at that period differently. Roosevelt’s idea on how to address the social challenges of the time was the best compared to that of McKinley and the anarchists.

Theodore Roosevelt ruled America in times of progressive reform. He viewed industrial America as one that was full of social challenges. Although he rooted for progressivism in tackling the various problems that came with industrialization, he also insisted on looking at the historical context the of the country. He was especially aware that there were still tensions between the North and the South. One problem that Roosevelt noted was that Reformers came from different backgrounds and these leaders pursued different causes. While there were those whose main aim was to clinch power, there were others who were trying to benefit from loopholes and corruption in the governance system.

On the other hand, Roosevelt also noticed that industrialization had created some very powerful corporations that cared little about the masses. All they cared about were profits. Most of those corporations did not care about t the displacement they were causing in search of land for expansion. More people were going into cities leading into their expansion. This made it more difficult for the state to provide services to the ever expanding cities. This made Roosevelt fear that there was going to be a revolution.

Although Roosevelt America faced many problems brought about as a result of modernization, the problems were not just unique to America. The problems that came with urbanization and industrialization greatly resembled those that been experienced by countries like England and France when they were at a similar phase in their industrialization. Roosevelt noted that modernization and industrialization came with lots of injustices that needed to be checked. The wages paid to the workers who worked in the factories were varied and unfair. Most of the industries in that period depended coal fuel, and this posed a serious threat to the green environment as well as the workers that. He pointed out that there was serious need for social liberalization. Failure to this the masses would attempt to liberalize themselves through revolutions.

Other than the injustices caused by modern industrial production Roosevelt saw the need to come up with a government that was strong enough to regulate the private industries. This was at a time when private industries were becoming increasingly powerful, and new billionaires were emerging out of Wall Street. This was a delicate move considering the political tension that followed the murder of McKinney and the traditional mistrust between the fast industrializing north and the south. Immediately after Death of McKinney, the country had to deal with the challenge of dealing with the question of working class, race, as well as ethnicity. Another problem that confronted America at the time was that it wasn’t clear what the role of the government was in the fast industrializing economy. While the industry owners would have wished for a totally free economy where industry owners decided what to do, Roosevelt saw the need of the government to intervene so as to cushion the masses from the excesses of the industrialists. During the Roosevelt period, the society became more urbanized and more complex. People became less sure of their future.

To solve these social problems, Roosevelt proposed that more attention be given to education. This would also help maintain the cleanliness of the streets and towns as well as maintaining the green environment. Roosevelt advocated for the creation of social movements to safeguard any gains that were made during that period. He realized that, without social movements, it would be quite difficult for any person to resist the powerful corporations. He placed a lot of emphases on the importance of maintaining the environment in good condition.

Roosevelt believed that for America to solve the problems it was having at the time there was a need for the authorities at the time to give room for liberal political ideologies. Although he believed in free trade he believed that if the profit- hungry capitalists were left to do whatever they wished, eventually they would ruin the country and the environment with their selfish interests. In the face of looming revolutions, Roosevelt saw it necessary to allow unions agitate for the rights of their members without them being subjected to police brutality. Roosevelt promised that whenever the trade unions made reasonable demands he would heed.

To have a stable society in amid the racial and ethnic tensions of the time, Roosevelt proposed that all people, both black and white, be treated as they deserved. He stated that black people could neither be killed nor driven away from the country. He, however, was not against punishing of troublesome people even if it meant shooting them. Roosevelt believed that he had a responsibility to do something for those who were less fortunate than he was. For this reason, he always used his debating prowess and his ability to woo the media to advocate for the rights of the less fortunate in the society.

To keep the country in unity Roosevelt advocate for Americans to see themselves as Americans and not the different European descents to which they belonged. He came with a strategy that would bring together the north and the south despite the race differences between the blacks and the whites. “The American race (for those who, like Roosevelt, believed in one) was an amalgam of European strains, beset from the beginning by its sin of African slavery.”

Not everyone saw the existence social problems in Industrial America the same way as Roosevelt did. Conservative Americans for instance were of a different view. McKinley and other conservative Republicans saw no problem with supporting capitalism. While Roosevelt saw capitalism as one of the main causes of the social problems, the country was facing at the time. This is despite the fact that only a few people benefited from capitalism while the masses slaved for them. To Mckinley, the fact that US was the most powerful country at the, time thanks to industrialization, this was a good enough reason for supporting capitalism.

Mckinley and other conservative republicans of the time did not worry much about the conditions of the immigrant working class as long as the investors made profit. To them the social problems that faced the country at the time could not be blamed at the capitalist industrialists although they played some part. Conservative republicans, unlike Roosevelt, did not see the need for political modernization. Opinions of the working class were largely ignoreds