from your post:
“A woefully ineducated populace was NOT equipped to take on any of these tasks”
“TR did what needed to be done”
These point to the crux of the problem with your claim and the cause of Progressivism. The Federal Government should have NOTHING to do with the claims you cite as problems. And, what if the goobermint was doing something contrary to specific constitutional provisions?
Coolidge’s brilliance was in getting out of the way. The second amendment takes care of most of the problems you cite.
The people are smarterer than most politicans see. (/sarc)
One year while President he vacationed for a month in N. Wisconsin. The nearest phone was 30 miles away.