1. Teddy Roosevelt
The 26th President

2. Roosevelt Revives the Presidency
Became President at age 42
What is the youngest age to become President?
International ideas
Social Darwinism
Survival of the Fittest
Domestic ideas
Progressivism
Finding a balance amongst Groups of People
Square Deal
No more, no less

3. Roosevelt takes on the Trusts
Takes on J.P Morgan
Railroad Holding company
Wants to Break up the Sale of the Railroad to one Company
Took the Case to the Supreme Court
Northern Securities v. United States
The Company was found Guilty of Breaking the Sherman ANti-Trust Act
Roosevelt became known as a Trust Buster

4. The Coal Strike of 1902 United Mine Workers (UMW)
150,000 workers walked out
Wanted
Better Pay
Reduced Work Hours
Union Recognition
Drove up the Price of Coal
Created Arbitration
Settlement negotiated by an outside party

5. Regulating Big Business
Creation of the Department of Commerce and Labor
Big corporations negotiated a deal the made changes to their business plans privately to not have to pay fines
Helped the economy without breaking up trusts

6. Conservation Environmental Conservationism Create the Forest service
Trying to find a balance between using materials and putting resources back to the land
Materials were being used very quickly
Create the Forest service

7. Big Business Hepburn Act Consumer Protection
Created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Helped Regulated Railroad rates
Created Standard Rates
Took potions when sick
Potions Contained Dangerous Substances
Water, alcohol, sugar
Caffeine, opium, cocaine, and other compounds
Upton Sinclair- “The Jungle”
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Food has label

8. The JUngle
For years, many Americans bought meat from butcher shops and grocery stores, never thinking about the type of conditions under which livestock had been butchered and the meat had been processed. Then in 1906, author Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, an exposé of the Chicago meat-packing industry.
Millions of people who read the book were shocked by the unsanitary practices Sinclair described. His work led to sweeping reforms in the meat-packing industry, along with federal regulations regarding sanitary practices in the industry. As Sinclair said, “I aimed for the public’s heart, and hit it in the stomach instead.”
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