Transcript 1902 COAL STRIKE

1902 COAL STRIKE
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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CALLED BOTH SIDES TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO
NEGOTIATE; THREATENED TO TAKE OVER THE
MINES
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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NONE
TRUSTS
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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FILED SUITS UNDER THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST
ACT AGAINST MANY TRUSTS
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
UNREGULATED BIG BUSINESS
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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URGED CONGRESS TO STRENGTHEN THE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT; FOUGHT PASSAGE
OF THE ELKINS ACT AND HEPBURN ACT
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT; ELKINS ACT;
HEPBURN ACT
DANGEROUS FOODS AND MEDICINES
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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APPOINTED A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE
MEATPACKING INDUSTRY; PUSHED FOR PASSAGE
OF THE MEAT INSEPCTION ACT
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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MEAT INSPECTION ACT; PURE FOOD AND DRUG
ACT
SHRINKING WILDERNESS & NATURAL
RESOURCES
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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PROMOTED CONSERVATION OF NATURAL
RESOURCES; SET ASIDE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF
FOREST RESERVES, WATER-POWER SITES,
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, AND NATIONAL PARKS,
NAMED A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATIONIST TO
HEAD U.S. FOREST SERVICE; PROMOTED LARGE
SCALE IRRIGATION PROJECTS
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT (NEWLANDS ACT)
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
 WHAT STEPS DID ROOSEVELT TAKE TO SOLVE
EACH PROBLEM?
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APPOINTED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AS HEAD OF
THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, CUSTOMS
HOUSE; REFUSED TO DISMISS AN AFRICANAMERICAN POSTMISTRESS IN MISSISSIPPI;
INVITED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO DINNER
 WHICH LEGISLATION HELPED SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
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NONE