Transcript Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt
The Progressive
President
Square Deal
Square Deal
• Created to ensure that every
American had an equal
opportunity to succeed.
• Break up trusts.
• Fix the meat problems in
American Factories.
• Conservation (Protect the
environment)
Trustbuster
Trustbuster
• 1902 Roosevelt tests the
Sherman Antitrust Act.
• Attorney General brings
Northern Security on charges.
• S.C. rules that Northern Security
be broken up.
• After breaking up Standard Oil &
American Tobacco trust, TR is
nicknamed the “Trustbuster”.
Reaction to The Jungle
Meat Packing Industry
• Meat Inspection Act says that
ALL meat products will be
inspected for health.
• Pure Food and Drug Act requires
that ALL packaged food and
drugs MUST include ALL
ingredients on a visible label.
Conservation
Conservation
• Teddy Roosevelt introduced a
policy that attempted to stop the
destruction of the wilderness
• *Wilderness areas and their
resources should be protected
for the public good*.