Roosevelt

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Roosevelt The Square Deal Ch. 10 Sec. 2
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I. Roosevelt becomes President

• McKinleys VP
• 1. McKinley assassinated by Leon Czolgosz
  _at_ Pan American Exposition
• 2. TR takes Office
• B. Uses Presidency as a bully pulpit
• a) wanted to fight class distinctions

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C. United Mine Workers Strike 1. 150,000
coal minors- strike for higher wages 2.
Conservative wanted TR to break up strike/ send
in troops 3. TR suggests arbitration and
threatens to nationalize mines 4. Workers
received higher wages and shorter hours
a) mining companies didnt have to recognize
union b) TR called this a square
deal D. Square Deal 1. Becomes TRs
campaign Slogan TR wanted to balance interests of
Business, consumers , and labor a)
Limit powers of trusts b)promote public
health and safety c) improve working
conditions
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II. Regulating Business
A. Trustbusting 1. 1902- Fed. Govt. sued
northern Securities Co.
a.   Controlled by JP Morgan, James J. Hill,
E.H. Harriman b. Monopolized RR
shipping industry c. 1904 Supreme
Court ruled NS Co. violated the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act 2. TR files 44 more law
suits against big business not serving the public
interest 3. 1903 Elkins Act forbade
shipping cos from accepting rebates 4.
1906 Hepburn Act authorized Interstate
Commerce Commission to set rail rates and
regulate interstate commerce
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B. Practices of food and drug companies 1.
Dangerous practices by food and drug co.s
a. Skim Milk added to spoiled butter looking
fresh b. Formaldehyde added to old
eggs-took away the odor c. Drug
Companies- sold worthless drugs w/ dangerous
ingredients like cocaine or morphine C.
Protecting the Consumer 1. 1906 Upton
Sinclair- The Jungle a. Novel
Depicting unsanitary meatpacking plant
2.1906 Meat Inspection Act- Fed. Inspection of
Meat 3.Pure Food and Drug Act- Forbade the
manufacture,sale, or transportation of food or
medicine w/ harmful ingredients
a. Required Food Labels
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Meet processing plant - 1906
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D. Protecting the Environment 1.
Conservation-Roosevelts most enduring legacy
2. Gifford Pinchot - Conservationist and a
friend of the president 3.Roosevelt set
aside 150 million acres of land as forest
reserves 4.1902 The new Lands Reclamation
Act a. from sale of public
land used for irrigation and reclamation- making
damaged lands productive 5. Doubled the
amount of national parks 6. Created 16
national monuments and founded 51 wildlife
refugees 7. 1916 created the National Parks
Service
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