Transcript 9.3 Roosevelt & Muckrakers ppt.ppt

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Used personality, popularity to promote
programs
Serve the people whenever the states proved
incapable of doing so
Influenced media and shaped legislation
Wanted to give all Americans a Square Deal
Trustbusting
 Coal Strike
◦ Intervention in this strike set precedence
◦ When public welfare is threatened federal govt.
expected to intervene
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Railroad Regulation
◦ Federal regulation passed Elkins Act, Hepburn Act
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Food/Drug Acts
◦ Keeping harmful preservatives out of foods
◦ Labeled foods and medicines – truth and labeling
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Conservation Efforts
◦ Putting aside lands and parks for future generations
to enjoy. Ex. Yosemite
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Failed to support Civil Rights
Supported choice individuals for appointed
offices
Taft and Wilson did very little to advance
racial equality
Does the media play a strong role in
influencing the way a society thinks?
Why or why not?
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Journalists – wrote about the corrupt side of
business & public life.
Their articles appeared in magazines, books,
& novels of the early 20th century.
They fought against corporate & government
corruption
Please answer the following questions about
what you read in the Jungle:
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Do you think that there are Americans
today who experience the hopelessness
portrayed in The Jungle? Explain and give
examples of hopelessness today.
Do you believe a work of fiction – such as
The Jungle – can be relied on as historical
evidence? Give at least one reason to
support your answer.