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18.2 Objectives
A. Discuss Teddy Roosevelt and the
Square Deal.
B. Discuss Roosevelt’s step to
improve the enviroment.
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Election update
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Read and outline p. 543-547
Questions
What did T. Roosevelt pledge to accomplish
through his Square Deal?
What was the Wisconsin Plan?
How did many US cities increase gov.
efficiency while decreasing corruption?
What were the differences between the
Federalists and the Antifederalists?
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Questions
What were the election reforms of the
Progressives?
How did the Progressive reformers attempt to
improve American morality?
How did the goals of the AFL differ from the
IWW?
What were the major compromises that came
out of the Constitutional Convention?
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Introductions
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Define
TRUSTBUSTING.
Does Teddy
Roosevelt deserve
the title of
“Trustbuster?”
B. Roosevelt and the
Square Deal
1. Roosevelt becomes President after
McKinley’s assassination in 1901
2. The Square Deal
a. United Mine Workers’ Strike-1902
1.) arbitration – 3rd party settled
2.) sided with workers and public
b. Square Deal
1.) balance interests of labor,
business, and consumers
2.)
limit trusts
3.) promote public health and
safety
4.)
improve working conditions
3. Regulating Business
a.
Trustbusting
1.) Northern Securities Co.
dissolved-RR monopoly
2.) attacked the
(conduct)
bad trusts
b. Elkins Act (1903)
*rebates
forbidden
for RRs
c. Hepburn Act (1906)
*ICC set RR
rates –
strengthens
the
ICC
4. Protecting the
Consumer
a.
Meat
Inspection
Act (1906)
1.) gov.
inspection of
interstate meat
2.) result of
the Jungle
b. Pure Food and Drug
Act
1.) banned
harmful
ingredients
2.) mandated
ingredients
& a label on food
and medicine
5. Protecting the Enviroment
a.
Newlands Reclamation Act (1902)
*money from public
sale of land to
reclaim land (and irrigation)
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b. 150 million acres set aside for
parks and National Conservation
Commission created!
Closure
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