Transcript Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
 Prominent NY family
 State legislator; Civil Service National
Gov’t; Police Commission NYC; Governor
NYC; Assistant Secr of Navy; “War Hero”
Spanish-American War; VP under McKinley
 Writer & avid outdoorsman
 Popular bc of war
 Known anti-corruption/progressive
 Respected by press
As President
 Bully Pulpit - push a political agenda by
getting the American people on your
side
 bring progressivism to the national
stage
 Why is this effective????
 Square Deal – all Americans get a fair
deal
 TR’s progressive policy: corporate
control; consumer protection;
conservation
Consumer Protection
 Came about as a result of ___________
 Meat Inspection Act 1906
 Pure Food and Drug Act 1906
Control of Corporations
 Arbitrator in Coal Strike
 Good Trusts versus Bad Trusts
 Suit against Northern Securities
 44 other suits against trusts
 Elkins Act, 1903
 ICC had power impose fines rr and
sellers who give/accept rebates
 Hepburn Act, 1906
 ICC set maximum rates
Conservation
 expanded the national park
system
 established bird and wildlife
refuges
 designated important historic and
geographical sites as national
monuments.
 More regulation/fees on use of
land in west
 What was “progressive” about TR?
 What was not “progressive” about TR? Or at least
could have been more “progressive”?