“SQUARE DEAL”TR’S

DIRECTIONS: Describe how each of the following played a role in Theodore Roosevelt’s administration.

TRUST--BUSTING

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“BULLY PULPIT”_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CONSERVATION

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SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST

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MEAT INSPECTION ACT

PURE FOOD AND DRUG

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“All I will ask for is a square deal for every man. Give him a fair chance. Do

not let him wrong any one, and do not let him be wronged.”

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What do the men in the first cartoon represent? ____________________________________

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What do the men in the second cartoon represent? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the main idea of the first cartoon? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the main idea of the second cartoon? ______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________What can you tell about Teddy’s view on trusts from his image in the second cartoon?

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Who are the two men in the picture? ____________________________________________

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Where are these two men eating dinner? _________________________________________Why was this a significant event? ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________Why would this picture upset some Americans in the early 20th century?

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________________________________________________________________________What does this picture show in regards to the future of the United States?

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What is the name of the speech this passage is taken from? ____________________________

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What does Roosevelt say about individualism? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does Roosevelt think is even more important than individualism? ____________________________________________________________________________________________

How does Roosevelt think we should treat men based on their profession? ________________

________________________________________________________________________What does TR think each man is entitled to and why does he think every man deserves this?

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What is the topic of this quote? ________________________________________________

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What does Roosevelt say we have done to our national resources? ______________________________________________________________________________________________

How does TR think were we “vulgarizing our landscapes” and how is this representative of what the United States stood for during the Gilded Age?

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Who is the man in the cartoon and what does the beast represent? _____________________

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Why does the cartoonist use the metaphor of Roosevelt shooting the beast? ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________What part of the Square Deal does this cartoon represent? ____________________________

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What does this cartoon imply about Roosevelt’s role in the 1902 Coal Strike?________________________________________________________________________

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Roosevelt Wrestles the railroads squeezing the trusts

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“We must possess the qualities which make us do our duty in our homes and among our neighbors, and in addition we must possess the qualities which are indispensable to the make-up of every great and masterful nation -- the qualities of courage and hardihood, of individual initiative and yet of power to combine for a common end, and above all, the resolute determination to permit no man and no set of men to sunder us one from the other by lines of caste or creed or section. We must act upon the motto of all for each and each for all. There must be ever present in our minds the fundamental truth that in a republic such as ours the only safety is to stand neither for nor against any man because he is rich or because he is poor, because he is engaged in one occupation or another, because he works with his brains or because he works with his hands. We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.”

Quotation from President Teddy Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” speech, delivered to farmers at the NEw York state Agricultural Association (1903)

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“It is also vandalism wantonly to destroy or to permit the destruction of what is beautiful in nature, whether it be a cliff, a forest, or a species of mammal or bird. Here in the United States we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping-grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy forests, and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals -- not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at last it looks as if our people were awakening.”

Quotation from a speech on conservation, delivered by President Teddy Roosevelt

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