1. Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson

2.  Promised the American people a “Square Deal” ◦ Promise to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor

3.  Filed anti-trust lawsuits  Elkins Act  Hepburn Act  Meat Inspection Act  Pure Food and Drug Act

4.  Arbitration in Pennsylvania United Mine Workers strike

5.  Withdrew public land from sale  Created national parks  Newlands Reclamation Act  National Conservation Commission

6.  Was Roosevelt’s Secretary of War  Expected to carry on many of Teddy Roosevelt’s reforms  Set his own agenda

7.  Filed twice as many anti-trust suits (than T. Roosevelt)  Mann-Elkins Act  Payne Aldrich Tariff

8.  Department of Labor  Mine safety laws  8 hour workday for Railroad workers

9.  Restored Alaska land to the U.S. Forest Service

10.  President of Harvard  Took advantage of split in Republican party  Promised New Freedom – place strict controls on businesses

11.  Underwood Tariff Act  Federal Reserve Act  Clayton Anti-Trust Act  Federal Trade Commission

12.  Federal Farm Loan Act  Adamson Act  Federal Workmen’s Compensation Act  Keating-Owen Child Labor Act