Roosevelt becomes President

Roosevelt becomes President

Known as “Teddy” Roosevelt or TR

America’s first Progressive President

TR became America’s youngest President at 42 when President McKinley was assassinated.

TR promised all Americans a “Square Deal”

President Theodore Roosevelt

Use the textbook (page 343-344) to break down in your notes the 4 main ideas of the Square Deal.

Square Deal

Roosevelt’s Square Deal

Idea Examples

Conservation of Natural Resources

Protected National Forests

Control of Corporations Department of Commerce and LaborICC

Bureau of Corporations

Consumer Protections Pure Food and Drug ActMeat Inspection Act

Labor Supported Union workers through arbitration.

TR saw the presidency as the Country’s manager who was in charge of keeping things running smoothly.

The United Mine Workers called a strike and shut down the Pennsylvania Coal Mines.

Months passed and the price of coal rose as winter approached, while the Union and the Mine owners would not make a deal.

Roosevelt urged the two parties to accept Arbitration- a settlement from an outside third party.

Working with Business and Labor

Standard Oil

TR thought some big businesses were hurting the average American.

Regulation means policing businesses.What was Northern Securities an example

of?What did TR do in response to the formation

of Northern Securities?What is the Bureau of Corporations?TR was called a trustbuster (someone who

breaks up monopolies)

Takes on Big Business

Use your textbook on page 343 and answer these to questions in the form of notes:

What was the Hepburn Act?

Hepburn Act

After Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle grabbed the country’s attention to the unsafe working conditions and food safety.

The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in response- prohibited the unsafe or falsely labeled food or drugs from being sold.

Congress also passed the Meat Inspection Act

Consumer Protection

TR believed in Environmental Conservation and created the National Parks system which includes Yosemite National Park.

TR wanted to protect the Nation’s resources which he saw were being quickly destroyed.

Conservation

TR’s legacy is as the first President who tried to improve the lives of the average American.

The Government shifts from Laissez-faire to actively trying to better Society.

The First Modern President