1. Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal

2. Early Life Wealthy family Excellent marksman and horseman Harvard
Boxing and wrestling

3. William McKinley Passed the Dingley Tariff
Highest protective tariff in American History
Led our country through the Spanish-American War and foreign conflicts with China
Showed the opportunities possible with imperialism
Assassinated
Shot by an anarchist who was currently unemployed
Leon Czolgosz
Shot September 5, 1901
Thought was going to survive but developed gangrene around his wounds and died 8 days after being shot

4. Roosevelt was picked to run as V.P. With McKinley
NY state leaders found him “impossible” to control
TR took over in
the youngest president at age 42.
Political experience
-served in the NY State Assembly
-NY police commissioner
-NY Governor
-assistant secretary of U.S. Navy.

5. The Rough Riders Volunteer cavalry brigade
Used in the Spanish-American War at the battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Roosevelt returned a hero after the defeat

6. Modern Presidency
Government should assume control when states proved they couldn’t deal with problems.
“bully pulpit” – used to influence media and shape legislation

7. Square Deal – The 3 C’s
Roosevelt’s plan to sponsor various progressive reforms
Conservation of natural resources
Control of corporations
Consumer protection.

8. Using Federal Power
Square Deal- reform programs sponsored by the Roosevelt administration
Trust busting
trusts hold stock
control how a business is run
Sherman Antitrust Act
stop monopolies and unfair business practices.

9. Coal Strike (1902) demands by workers caused a strike
140,000 workers went on strike
Demanded a 20% raise and a 9 hour work day
Roosevelt intervened on behalf of the interests and safety of the public

10. Election of 1904 Republican – Theodore Roosevelt
Democrat – Alton Parker
first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency

11. “Big Stick Diplomacy” December 1904 Roosevelt Corollary
Nations with debts to U.S. were expected to fulfill them without argument
The United States would intervene as a last result to ensure that other
Did not want to invite “foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations.
Don’t mess with the U.S. or anyone we have interest with

13. Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
Russo-Japanese War
Dispute over who controlled Manchuria
Treaty of Portsmouth
Negotiations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Led by Teddy Roosevelt
Affirmed Japanese presence in southern Manchuria
Kept the countries out of a war
Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize

15. Provided consistency within the RR system.
Railroad Regulation
Interstate Commerce Act
Railroad couldn’t set high prices
Interstate Commerce Commission
Enforce the act
Elkins Act
Couldn’t give or receive rebates for use
Hepburn Act
Limited free railroad passes
Provided consistency within the RR system.

16. Health Regulating Food and Drugs
after reading Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle, a commission investigated the meatpacking industry.

17. 1906, Pure Food and Drug Act
Stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines
Called for truth in labeling

18. 1906, Meat Inspection Act was passed
Strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers
Created the federal meat inspection program

19. Environment Conservation measures Yosemite National Park established
1.5 million acres of water power sites
U.S. Geological Survey for mineral and water resources set aside land
50 wildlife sanctuaries
National parks
148 million acres for Yosemite
80 million acres of land for

20. National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)
-money from the sale of public land funded irrigation projects
-established the federal government would manage water resources

21. Civil Rights
Roosevelt failed to support civil rights for African Americans on a large scale.
Advocates for equality joined together to form the NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.