Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal Chapter 9, Section 3
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt Becomes President 42 years old = youngest president ever Progressive reforms = Square Deal Expanded role of president
Using Federal Power “Trust-buster” Gov’t. intervention in strikes Against big business Gov’t. intervention in strikes Elkins Act, 1903 Rebates are illegal Hepburn Act, 1906 Eliminate railroad passes
Health Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Meat Inspection Act, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906 Stopped sales of contaminated food Labels must have true information
The Jungle
Mad Cow Disease
Conservation and Natural Resources Conservation vs. preservation Saving vs. not using Gifford Pinchot National Reclamation Act, 1902
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
Roosevelt Dam
Roosevelt and Civil Rights Failed to support civil rights for African Americans Supported individual African Americans NAACP, 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People W.E.B. DuBois