Roosevelt returned to the United States in the summer of 1910 and began a speechmaking tour across the nation. He touted a new wide-ranging program of progressive reform called The New Nationalism. This broad plan called for reform in every area of American life, with the notable exception of race relations. The ideas behind The New Nationalism required involvement by the national government in many areas of American life. This was a total rejection of laissez-faire government. Roosevelt argued that the nation needed change and that it was going to take the federal government to get it done.
