Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt become McKinley’s
Vice President in the Election
of 1900
In part nominated to get him
out of New York Politics
McKinley Assassinated
Roosevelt Becomes President
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Rise to Power
Born in 1858 to wealthy New York Family
Physical- marksmanship, horseback riding,
boxing wrestling
Three terms NY State Assembly
NYC 1st Police Commissioner
Secretary of the Navy
Volunteer Spanish American War
Governor of New York State
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s as President
The Youngest President at 42
“Bully Pulpit”
Could Influence media and shape
legislation
Steward of the people, do what the
states couldn’t or wouldn’t as long
as the Constitution did not deny
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
For the common people
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•Trust-busting
1900 trusts controlled4/5ths of
industry
Sherman Anti Trust Act
ineffectual
Roosevelt did not believe all
trusts were harmful, but
trusts that hurt the public
interest needed to be curbed
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Trust-busting
Roosevelt orders Justice Department
to sue Northern Securities
Company
Company dissolved by Supreme Court
Administration files 44 suits, wins
some
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•Sides
with Unions
1912 Coal Strike
Coal industry paralyzed, reserves running low
Roosevelt orders both sides to White House
Threatens to take over Mine
Arbitration
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•Railroad
Regulation
Interstate Commerce Commission weak
Roosevelt urges and Passes Elkins Act –
outlawed rebates and required set rates
Hepburn Act limited passes and gave ICC
right to regulate maximum rates
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•Health
Moved by Upton Sinclair’s Jungle
Orders investigative commission
Roosevelt urges Meat Inspection Act
1906
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Pure Food and Drug Act
Wild claims
Harmful substances
1906 Congress passes Pure Food and Drug Act
Truth in advertising
Halted contaminated food and medicines
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•The
Environment
Roosevelt makes Conservation a prime concern
Condemned view that resources were endless
Set aside millions of acres as
reserves,sanctuaries, national parks
Some areas developed for common good
Sale of lands helped fund irrigation and the
development of water resources
Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
•Civil
Rights
Civil Rights Failed to support Civil
Rights for African Americans
Appointed some African Americans to
minor positions
African Americans upset by
progressive indifference
1909 NAACP founded