Transcript Chapter 17-3 TR`s Square Deal

Chapter 17-3 TR’s
Square Deal
Why Roosevelt?
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Get him out of New York!
Vice-president (Heart-beat away)
President (McKinley assassinated)
Youngest President at the time (42)
Boxed, rode horses
Federal responsibility for national welfare
Bully pulpit
– Progressive reforms (Square Deal)
Trustbusting
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Trust
– Legal body created to hold stock in many
companies
– Used to drive out competition
Filed 44 antitrust suits, won many
 Didn’t slow business mergers
 Answer questions on page 525 Cartoon
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Coal Strike &
Health/Environment
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Roosevelt
intervenes after 5
months
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federal government
may intervene
(Public welfare)
 Use arbitration
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The Jungle
Meatpacking
commission
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug
Act (1906)—opium,
cocaine, alcohol
Conservation (page
529)