During the first 20 years or so of the 20th century, the political scene was quite different because of the Progressive movement. This movement gained great popularity thanks to these two presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. As I will explain in my article, they have two very different approaches to progressive reform. They both had great success when it came to running for Congress and passing laws to keep their progressive dream visions alive. Although they had very different views, they both wanted the same thing: a better life for the people and the country by bringing good changes. When they both set out to achieve this common goal, Roosevelt was more of the common man's president in America. I believe that looking at both, Woodrow Wilson emerged as the better progressive president. They were both considered progressive, but they had a slightly different path for America in mind. The Progressive Party was one of the main results of the President named Theodore Roosevelt. When the Progressive Party was established, its main goal was to try to return America's finances to normal. To achieve this, they had to try to make some key changes to the budget. In 1912, the political party in the United States was said to be called the Progressive Party. This was due to a split in the Republican Party due to when Roosevelt lost the Republican nomination to William Taft and he brought his delegates to the conference (Mowry, 1946-1960). After all that, the Progressive Party became as big as the Bull Moose Party. After that, Roosevelt said he was as strong as a bull elk. Progressivism in the early 20th century and including part of the late...... middle of paper ......nt Roosevelt came to power at a time when the United States was trying to take control of other countries and territories to make the United States an empire while President Wilson was more concerned with organizing factories, a national banking system, and trying to help people who were sick and unable to couldn't help themselves. They both had good ideas and, in my opinion, they both helped the country in their own way. But one President Roosevelt said: “Our country – this great Republic – means nothing if it does not mean the triumph of true democracy, the triumph of popular government and, in the long run, of an economic system in which every man will be guaranteed the opportunity to show the best that is in him” (Roosevelt. T, 1912). The key for both presidents was that they wanted to see the American people succeed in whatever they wanted, to be the best they could be..