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1902 COAL STRIKE WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM?
CALLED BOTH SIDES TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO NEGOTIATE; THREATENED TO TAKE OVER THE MINES WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? NONE
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TRUSTS WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM?
FILED SUITS UNDER THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT AGAINST MANY TRUSTS WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
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UNREGULATED BIG BUSINESS
WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM? URGED CONGRESS TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT; FOUGHT PASSAGE OF THE ELKINS ACT AND HEPBURN ACT WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT; ELKINS ACT; HEPBURN ACT
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DANGEROUS FOODS AND MEDICINES
WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM? APPOINTED A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY; PUSHED FOR PASSAGE OF THE MEAT INSEPCTION ACT WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? MEAT INSPECTION ACT; PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
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SHRINKING WILDERNESS & NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM? PROMOTED CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SET ASIDE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FOREST RESERVES, WATER-POWER SITES, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, AND NATIONAL PARKS, NAMED A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATIONIST TO HEAD U.S. FOREST SERVICE; PROMOTED LARGE SCALE IRRIGATION PROJECTS WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT (NEWLANDS ACT)
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE EACH PROBLEM? APPOINTED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AS HEAD OF THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, CUSTOMS HOUSE; REFUSED TO DISMISS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POSTMISTRESS IN MISSISSIPPI; INVITED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO DINNER WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEM? NONE
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