ROOSEVELT’S SQUARE DEAL Chapter Four Section Four

A. Theodore Roosevelt War hero Seasoned politician Dedicated reformer? Became President in 1901

Program of reform to help small business owners and the poor B. The Square Deal Program of reform to help small business owners and the poor “Trust-busting” 1906 Hepburn Act regulated railroad shipping charges

C. Government regulation for Public Safety Upton Sinclair’s novel , The Jungle Meat Inspection Act The Pure Food and Drug Act

D. Conservation Expansion of national parks John Muir-Yosemite Gifford Pinchot,- “rational use” National Reclamation Act-government power to build and manage dams and to control water

E. The New Nationalism Government Management of Industry 1909-1913 Roosevelt opposed Taft’s ‘betrayal” of Progressivism 1912 Republicans split Roosevelt forms Progressive(“Bull Moose”) Party