1. Roosevelt’s Square Deal:
Trust Busting & Conservation

3. Conservation
Forests depleted (only 20% left)
Farmland exhausted by overuse
Waterways used without regard to flooding possibilities
Animals endangered by erosion of their environment & hunting
Trust busting
Trust: legal body that owns stocks in several corporations, usually in the same industry
In essence, a trust was a monopoly owned by a small group
Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed in 1890 but not enforced

4. Political cartoon showing Roosevelt as a friend to animals & nature

5. Nonunion workers brought in to replace union workers on strike

6. The lowest amount a worker can be paid per hour

7. An organization of workers who work together to try to change working conditions

8. Refusal to work until demands are addressed

9. Economic system where workers own and control means of production & profits equally

10. Organized workers using strength in numbers to gain something for all workers

11. Absence or rejection of governmental authority

12. Trustbusting
Roosevelt believed industry had to be regulated for the public good
44 lawsuits for antitrust violations, including
Railroads
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco

13. Conservation Roosevelt preserved 194 million acres of public lands
Created U.S. Forest Service
Gave government an activist role in protecting the environment

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16. Journalists who worked to expose issues that needed to be addressed by government

17. Movement to protect and preserve natural resources

18. Political action to end monopolies and trusts

19. Political movement that believed government power should be used to fight injustice and improve people’s rights

20. Why are these Progressive movements?
Trustbusting
Conservation
Increased government regulation
Goal is to protect people from corrupt business practices
New legislation & increased strength to existing laws
New government regulation
Goal is to protect natural resources for the future
Creation of new government agencies to manage resources
Employed experts