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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt. Video NY Politician Mom & wife died on same day 1898: Rough Riders (Spanish American War) William McKinley's VP Became youngest president (42) Progressive. Square Deal. 1902 Coal Strike. Workers wanted raises, 9 hr work day, right to organize a union

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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

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  1. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt • Video • NY Politician • Mom & wife died on same day • 1898: Rough Riders (Spanish American War) • William McKinley's VP • Became youngest president (42) • Progressive

  2. Square Deal

  3. 1902 Coal Strike • Workers wanted raises, 9 hr work day, right to organize a union • Owners wouldn’t compromise • T.R got an arbitration commission • Result: • Legislation?

  4. Trusts “Trustbuster” • Good and bad trusts • Won many antitrust suits • Northern Securities Company • Legislation?

  5. RR Regulation • Elkins Act (1903) • Hepburn Act (1906)

  6. Dangerous Foods & Medicines • Muckraker: Upton Sinclair: “The Jungle” • Congress passed: Meat Inspection Act (1906) • Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)

  7. Advertisements

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  10. Advertisements

  11. “The Jungle” • Video

  12. Conservation & Natural Resources • Set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves • 1.5 million acres of waterpower sites • 80 million of acres to survey for mineral and water resources • Legislation? • National Reclamation Act (1902)

  13. Racial Discrimination • Did really nothing to stop racial discrimination • NAACP: (National Assoc. for the advancement for colored people) formed: 1909

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