1. Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Chapter 17 Section 3

2. D. Railroad Regulation
Interstate Commerce Act aimed to end RR collusion
Interstate Commerce Commission had no power to enforce this
Elkins Act= illegal for RR officials and shippers to give or receive rebates & RR can’t change their rates w/o 1st informing public
Hepburn Act= allowed ICC to set max rates
BOOSTED GOV’TS POWER TO REGULATE RRs

3. III Protecting Citizens and the Environment
Roosevelt aimed to protect from unsafe food and protect environment
Benefited public health & environment

4. A. Protecting Health
Jungle by Upton Sinclair described unsanitary conditions of slaughter houses
Meat Inspection Act= dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers & created federal meat inspection
SUPPORTS PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLE OF GOV’t REGULATION

5. Drawbacks of Meat Inspection Act
Gov’t paid for inspection
Co. did not have to provide labels w/ date of processing info
Co. can appeal neg. decision in ct.

6. B. Pure Food and Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act= stopped sale of contaminated foods and medicines & called for truth in labeling
Falsely advertised products accomplished curing ailments (balding & cancer)
Children's medicines also contained opium/cocaine
TRUTHFUL LABELS REFLECTED PROGRESSIVE BELIEF THAT PPL WOULD ACT WISELEY IF GIVEN ACCURATE INFO

7. C. Conservation & Natural Resources
Farmers leveled forests, cattle overgrazed, & coal dumped on land
Roosevelt attacked these environmental problems
Set aside acres of land for conservation

8. D. Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt hired Pinchot as head of US Forest Service
Advised pres. to conserve by keeping federal land not for public sale
Conservation=some wilderness areas would be preserved while others will be developed for common good
Nat’l Reclamation Act(Newlands Act)=$$ from sale of public lands in the west funded irrigation projects such as Roosevelt Dam

9. NEWLANDS ESTABLISHED PRECEDENT THAT PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES IN THE WEST
Care for land WAS NOT matched in area of civil rights

10. IV Roosevelt & Civil Rights
Roosevelt, like most other progressives, was not supporter of civil rights
Fired regiment of Af. Amer. soldiers accused of rioting
Dubois advocated immediate social and econ. equality

11. NAACP formed at Niagara Falls
Aimed for full equality among races
Little support within the progressive movement which focused on middle class whites
2 presidents followed Roosevelt who did little for Af. American rights