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