1. Why is Theodore Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore?

2. The Square Deal
Chapter 9 section 3

3. In TR’s own words
“the specific evils you (muckrakers) point out shall, if their existence be proved, and if I have the power, be eradicated.”
“It is the duty of the president to act upon the theory that he is the steward of the people, and…to assume that he has the legal right to do whatever the needs of the people demand…”
“A simple and poor society can exist as a democracy on the basis of sheer individualism, but a rich and complex industrial society cannot…”

4. TR’s words con’t
“We recognize and are bound to war against the evils of today. The remedies are partly economic and partly spiritual, partly to be obtained by laws, and in greater part to be obtained by individual and associated effort.”

5. The Square Deal Fair to business and consumers
1902 Coal Strike – forced a settlement by threatening to “nationalize” the mines Elkins Act – banned railroad rebates and required that rate changes be announced Hepburn Act – banned railroad “passes” and allowed the ICC to set maximum rail rates.

6. The Square Deal
1906 Meat Inspection Act – Set cleanliness standards for meatpacking plants and required inspections Pure Food and Drug Act – Required ingredient labels on all food and drug products. Forest Reserves – TR set aside 148 million acres Newlands Act – Government created irrigation projects for western lands.

7. TR and Civil Rights
He didn’t do much. Why? Can we use some of the ideas/philosophies from the Square Deal to fix our education problems today?