tr and the modern presidency

16
TR and the Modern Presidency Section 6.1

Upload: yazid

Post on 05-Feb-2016

33 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

TR and the Modern Presidency. Section 6.1. Do Now:. Smart Board Activity:. How is this quote indicative of T.R. as a progressive and a president?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: TR and the Modern Presidency

TR and the Modern Presidency

Section 6.1

Page 2: TR and the Modern Presidency

Do Now:

• Smart Board Activity:

Page 3: TR and the Modern Presidency

How is this quote indicative of T.R. as a progressive and a president?

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Page 4: TR and the Modern Presidency

Today we will be able to identify those actions that T.R. took that made him a truly modern and progressive president by examining his beliefs about conservation, his actions during the Northern Securities Case, his action during the strikes he faced, and his reaction to The Jungle.

Page 5: TR and the Modern Presidency

Conservationist vs. Preservationist

• Concerned about wasteful use of resources

• Gifford Pinchot (Chief Forester) proposed planned management (conservationist) of resources

• John Muir of Sierra Club proposed preservation

• TR took a pragmatic approach

Page 6: TR and the Modern Presidency

Sherman Anti-Trust ActText

Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890, first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman. Prior to its enactment, various states had passed similar laws, but they were limited to intrastate businesses. Finally opposition to the concentration of economic power in large corporations and in combinations of business concerns led Congress to pass the Sherman Act. The act, based on the constitutional power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, declared illegal every contract, combination (in the form of trust or otherwise), or conspiracy in restraint of interstate and foreign trade. A fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year were set as the maximum penalties for violating the act.

Page 7: TR and the Modern Presidency

Northern Securities v. United States (1902).

• Holding company owned by JP Morgan

• Controlled RR rates (1902)• TR ordered Justice

Department to use Sherman Antitrust Act against RR monopoly in Northwest

• Supreme Court ruled (1904) that it must be dissolved

• Gave TR label of a trust buster

Page 8: TR and the Modern Presidency

Describe TR’s actions during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902

• 1902 140, 000 coal miners went on strike

• Goal of United Mine Workers– 8 hr. work day– 20% pay raise– Union recognition

• Company refused any negotiation• TR threatens to nationalize the coal

mine• Outcome

– 9 hr. work day– 10% pay raise– No Union recognition

Page 9: TR and the Modern Presidency

TR Regulate business?

• Department of Commerce and Labor (1903)

• Created to regulate business and enforce economic regulations

Page 10: TR and the Modern Presidency

How did TR strengthen the Interstate Commerce Act?

• Elkins Act of 1903

– Amended ICA of 1887

– Forbade rebates, defined unfair discrimination and reinforced adherence to publish rates by interstate shippers

• Hepburn Act of 1906– Gave ICA authority

to determine RR rates and prescribe bookkeeping methods

– Prohibited free passes and forbade rr companies to carry goods produced by themselves

Page 11: TR and the Modern Presidency

Upton Sinclair and The Jungle

Page 12: TR and the Modern Presidency

How did TR attempt to protect the consumer?

• Meat Inspection Act of 1906

– Authorized Secretary of Agriculture to inspect all meat products for human consumption

– Caused by public outcry from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

• Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

– Forbade manufacture, sale adulterated foods and drugs and the mislabeling of products

Page 13: TR and the Modern Presidency

Judging Roosevelt

Page 14: TR and the Modern Presidency

President WilliamHowardTaft

P27wht.wmf

Page 15: TR and the Modern Presidency

•Hand picked by RooseveltAvid "trust buster"•Had a falling out with TR over conservation•Sided with “Old Guard” Republicans

Page 16: TR and the Modern Presidency