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“TR” Progressive Reformer

“TR” Progressive Reformer. "This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in." Chicago, IL, June 17, 1912. Thinking Skill : Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

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“TR” Progressive Reformer

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  1. “TR” Progressive Reformer "This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in."Chicago, IL, June 17, 1912 Thinking Skill: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions Objective: Assess the impact of TR’s reform efforts

  2. “TR” the President

  3. United Mine Workers Union Strike • May 1902 mineworkers demand higher wages, shorter hours, recognition • How did previous Presidents handle labor strikes? • How did TR handle the UMWU strike? • Arbitration – miners granted 10% pay increase and reduction in workday from 10 to 9 hours

  4. How does the cartoon depict TR’s stance toward trusts?

  5. A “Square Deal” for All Americans • TR struggled to reconcile his moralism, conservatism, progressivism, and realism (recognition of big business power) • 1st major anti-trust suit brought against Northern Securities Company (RR holding company) in 1901 • 5-4 vote, Supreme Court ordered NSC dissolved • TR set sights on others: • Standard Oil Co, American Tobacco Co, and even threatened U.S. Steel and International Harvester

  6. What is the message of the cartoon? Big Stick “There is a homely old adage, which runs: ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.’ If the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.” “Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.”

  7. From Trustbusting to Regulating • Meat Inspection Act (1906)- provided for inspection of meat packing plants • Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)- required accurate ingredient labels and prohibited unproven claims about a product

  8. Riding the Elephant Roosevelt often found himself faced with a difficult path leading the Republican party against opposition to his reforms.  (Cartoon by W. A. Rogers, 1905)

  9. Conservation Movement • Preservationists- John Muir, Sierra Club sought to maintain wilderness areas for beauty and aesthetics • Developers- Big business sought to exploit resources for economic gain • Mining, timber, farmers, ranchers • Conservationists- Gifford Pinchot, U.S. Forest Service sought to scientifically manage lands for public and commercial use

  10. Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California

  11. Roosevelt was an avid hunter

  12. TR’s Legacy What impact did President Roosevelt’s efforts leave on the U.S.? On the office of the Presidency?

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