Transcript Actions on : CONSERVATION

Actions on : CONSERVATION
• Set up the National Parks
Service
• Removed 1 million acres of
forest land from reserved list to
allow for development
• Accused of letting commercial
interests exploit natural
resources
• His Sec. of the Interior Ballinger
opened public lands in Alaska
for private development
• Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906 –
allows President to proclaim
historic landmark status to
preserve areas, monuments, etc.
• Made conservation a
primary concern for federal
government
Controversy concerning environmental
programs
• Conservation – to use and
manage the nation’s
resources WISELY
• Gifford Pinchot
• Preservation – to leave the
resources in the natural
state; let nature take its
course
• John Muir (founder of the
Sierra Club)
Actions on: Labor
• In response to The Jungle,
set up commission to
investigate meatpacking
industry
• Pushed for the passage of
the Meat Inspection Act
and the Pure Food and
Drug Act
• Keating Owen Act – child labor
laws
• Safety Standards for maritime
workers
• 8 hour day for Interstate
railroad workers
• Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act;
ultimately raised the tariff
Actions on: Discrimination
•
•
Women gained the right to vote
with the passage of the 19th
amendment
Retreated on Civil Rights
– Opposed federal antilynching laws
– Segregated federal offices
and Capitol
• Did little to advance Civil Rights
and equality
• Established idea that Federal
Government is responsible for
“well-being” of the nation
• Failed to support Civil Rights
reforms
• Did appoint African Americans
to federal offices
• Invited Booker T. Washington
to the White House for dinner
Actions on: Trusts
• More conservative
approach to reform,
BUT…
Actually broke up
more trusts than TR
did
• Promised a “New Freedom”
which would limit big business
and big government, bring
reform by ending corruption
and revive competition by
supporting small business
• Promised a “New Nationalism” and “Square Deal” for
Americans with more government regulation of
business & unions