TEDDY ROOSEVELT
THE 26TH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT REVIVES THE PRESIDENCY• BECAME PRESIDENT AT AGE 42
• WHAT IS THE YOUNGEST AGE TO BECOME PRESIDENT?
• INTERNATIONAL IDEAS
• SOCIAL DARWINISM
• SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
• DOMESTIC IDEAS
• PROGRESSIVISM
• FINDING A BALANCE AMONGST GROUPS OF PEOPLE
• SQUARE DEAL
• NO MORE, NO LESS
ROOSEVELT TAKES ON THE TRUSTS• TAKES ON J.P MORGAN
• RAILROAD HOLDING COMPANY
• WANTS TO BREAK UP THE SALE OF THE RAILROAD TO ONE COMPANY
• TOOK THE CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT
• NORTHERN SECURITIES V. UNITED STATES
• THE COMPANY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF BREAKING THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
• ROOSEVELT BECAME KNOWN AS A TRUST BUSTER
THE COAL STRIKE OF 1902• UNITED MINE WORKERS (UMW)
• 150,000 WORKERS WALKED OUT
• WANTED
• BETTER PAY
• REDUCED WORK HOURS
• UNION RECOGNITION
• DROVE UP THE PRICE OF COAL
• CREATED ARBITRATION
• SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATED BY AN OUTSIDE PARTY
REGULATING BIG BUSINESS
• CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR
• BIG CORPORATIONS NEGOTIATED A DEAL THE MADE CHANGES TO THEIR BUSINESS PLANS PRIVATELY TO NOT HAVE TO PAY FINES
• HELPED THE ECONOMY WITHOUT BREAKING UP TRUSTS
BIG BUSINESS
HEPBURN ACT
• CREATED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (ICC)
• HELPED REGULATED RAILROAD RATES
• CREATED STANDARD RATES
CONSUMER PROTECTION
• TOOK POTIONS WHEN SICK
• POTIONS CONTAINED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
• WATER, ALCOHOL, SUGAR
• CAFFEINE, OPIUM, COCAINE, AND OTHER COMPOUNDS
• UPTON SINCLAIR- “THE JUNGLE”
• MEAT INSPECTION ACT
• PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
• FOOD HAS LABEL
CONSERVATION
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONISM
• TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN USING MATERIALS AND PUTTING RESOURCES BACK TO THE LAND
• MATERIALS WERE BEING USED VERY QUICKLY
• CREATE THE FOREST SERVICE