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Roosevelt in Office

Explore Teddy Roosevelt's presidency and his impactful reforms that transformed America, including his approach to the Oval Office, consumer protection, environmental conservation, and more.

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Roosevelt in Office

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  1. Roosevelt in Office

  2. Presidents Up to This Point…. • 1868-1876 Ulysses S. Grant • Spoilssystem • 1876-1880 Rutherford B. Hayes • Tried to fix spoils system, but couldn’t so he quit after 1 term • 1880 James A. Garfield • Wanted to create Civil Service Exam, but was shot and killed • 1880 -1900 • Chester A. Arthur • Grover Cleveland • Benjamin Harrison • William McKinley • All have a very hard time making America more Progressive. • 1900 • McKinley Runs for re-election

  3. Teddy Takes Office • September 6, 1901 • President McKinley gets shot at the Pan-Am Exposition • Shot by unemployed laborer • At 42, Teddy Roosevelt takes office. • Youngest president up to this point

  4. Roosevelt’s Approach to the Oval Office • During Gilded Age • Politicians took a “hands off” approach to government • Teddy changes that • Believed in the “bully pulpit” • President has the right to speak out on issues

  5. Teddy R. Reforms America • Arbitration • Elkins Act • Hepburn Act • Meat Inspection Act • Pure Food and Drug Act

  6. 1900 Food companies Scientists were adding substances to food to make it look healthy Formaldehyde was added to old eggs to take away odor Skim milk churned with spoiled butter to make it look new. 1900 Drug Companies Sold worthless medicines that had drugs in them like Cocaine morphine Practices of Food and Drug Companies

  7. Protecting the Consumer • Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle • Explosive novel that depicted the unsanitary conditions of a meatpacking industry. • “We saw meat shoveled from filthy floors, piled on tables, and then packaged”

  8. Protecting the Environment • 1902 Roosevelt passes Newlands Reclamation Act • Reclamation • The process of making damaged land productive again

  9. QUICKWRITE • Which of Roosevelt’s reforms do you think was most vital (important) in transforming America? Explain your reasoning.

  10. THEODORE ROOSEVELT • Please READ pp.303-309 • ANSWER p.309 #1-4 SQUARE DEAL Labor Consumers Business

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