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TEDDY ROOSEVELT THE 26 TH PRESIDENT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BIG BUSINESS HEPBURN ACT CREATED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (ICC) HELPED REGULATED RAILROAD RATES CREATED STANDARD RATES CONSUMER PROTECTION 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
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CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONISM 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
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