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Chapter 17 The Progressive Era (1890-1920) Section 4 Roosevelt’s Square Deal

Chapter 17 The Progressive Era (1890-1920) Section 4 Roosevelt’s Square Deal. US 2 Mr. Perry. Teddy Roosevelt. Graduated from Harvard in 1880 Assistant Sec of Navy Served in Spanish American War NY Governor VP under Prez McKinley in 1900. TR becomes President.

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Chapter 17 The Progressive Era (1890-1920) Section 4 Roosevelt’s Square Deal

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  1. Chapter 17 The Progressive Era (1890-1920)Section 4Roosevelt’s Square Deal US 2 Mr. Perry

  2. Teddy Roosevelt • Graduated from Harvard in 1880 • Assistant Sec of Navy • Served in Spanish American War • NY Governor • VP under Prez McKinley in 1900

  3. TR becomes President • In 1901 while President McKinley is assassinated by Leon Czogolsz in Buffalo NY at the Pan American Exposition • The assassin was Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist who had lost faith in the government • After just a few months as VP, Teddy Roosevelt was now the President of the United States

  4. TR’s “Square Deal” • TR’s idea of “Square Deal” meant that all people would receive equal treatment from the government • One of his 1st challenges arose when coal miners went on strike in PA • Roosevelt intervened when the owners refused to give in to workers demands • In the end Roosevelt used an unbiased arbitrator who granted a small pay raise to workers • He also established the Department of Commerce and Labor to monitor the actions of business and workers

  5. TR Trust-busting and Regulating Industry Railroads • Elkins Act • Hepburn Act Food and Drug Companies • Meat Inspection Act • Pure Food and Drug Act

  6. TR Managing the EnvironmentPages 572-574 • Who was John Muir? • What position did Gifford Pinchot hold and what did he recommend of the environment? • What did the National Reclamation Act do?

  7. National Land Conservation Map

  8. LA Aqueduct

  9. Roosevelt and Taft Split the Republican Party • In 1908 TR decides not to run for reelection but uses his popularity to help get his friend William Taft elected • Taft passed the Payne Aldrich Tariff, which TR wanted, but did not lower tariffs as much as TR had hoped • Taft, also a Progressive, broke up twice as many trusts(monopolies) as TR but allowed some larger trusts to remain • He was also the first President to propose a federal income tax (passed later by Wilson)

  10. Roosevelt and Taft Split the Republican Party • TR would become furious when Taft fired his environmental advisor Gifford Pinchot • Pinchot had criticized Sec of Interior Richard Ballinger over the sale of coal rich land in Alaska • When TR decided to return to politics and run for President in 1912, Progressives formed their own party and backed TR • Taft would run as a Republican but neither stood much chance with the Republican vote split • The Democrats nominated Woodrow Wilson, Governor of NJ

  11. Election of 1912

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