Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

Video NY Politician Mom & wife died on same day 1898: Rough Riders (Spanish American

War) William McKinley's VP Became youngest president (42) Progressive

Square Deal

1902 Coal Strike

Workers wanted raises, 9 hr work day, right to organize a union

Owners wouldn’t compromise T.R got an arbitration commission

Result:

Legislation?

Trusts “Trustbuster”

Good and bad trusts Won many antitrust suits Northern Securities Company

Legislation?

RR Regulation

Elkins Act (1903)

Hepburn Act (1906)

Dangerous Foods & Medicines

Muckraker: Upton Sinclair: “The Jungle”

Congress passed: Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)

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“The Jungle”

Video

Conservation & Natural Resources

Set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves

1.5 million acres of waterpower sites 80 million of acres to survey for mineral

and water resources Legislation?

National Reclamation Act (1902)

Racial Discrimination

Did really nothing to stop racial discrimination

NAACP: (National Assoc. for the advancement for colored people) formed: 1909