Transcript File roosevelt 13

Chapter 13 Sec. 2
Roosevelt’s Presidency
Vice President  President
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President McKinley is assassinated.
Teddy Roosevelt becomes president.
“Square Deal”—help regulate and
reform big business
Hepburn Act—support RR rates for
trade
Social Welfare
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Consumer protection against harmful
products
Upton Sinclair—”The Jungle”—wrote
about meat packing plants in Chicago
Pure Food and Drug Act—tested and
approved food and drugs
Conservation
Use federal funds for irrigation
 Management of natural
resources
 Established national
parks and wildlife
reserves
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Trust Buster
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Northern Securities- used Sherman
Antitrust Act to break up trust.
United Mine Workers- (arbitration)
Progressivism
Teddy Roosevelt pushed for
progress and expanded the role of
the presidency (executive dept.)