Square Deal

Mr. BermudezSquare Deal

Crash Course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7flSW1PGsA

What is the Square Deal?Term used to describe various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt Administration

Bully Pulpit

Trustbusting Trust: legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies

Standard Oil: largest oil cooperation led by John D. Rockefeller

Lowered prices to get rid of competitors

Thus creating MONOPOLIES

Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890

Think-Pair-ShareThe Lion-TamerWhat do the lions stand for?

Why are the lions coming out of s door labeled Wall St.?

What do you think the cartoonist thinks about trust-busting? Cite details from the cartoon that support your interpretation.

1902 Coal Strike 140,000 Coal Miners PA Want 20 % increase of pay 9 hour work daysAbility to form a union

Company owners not okay with this

Roosevelt calls all in to WH

Miners get 10% increase + 9 hour work dayno closed shop, and cannot strike for 3 years

Railroad RegulationElkins Act of 1903: Made it illegal to allow RR Officials to give, and shippers to receive, rebates for using particular rail linesAlso stopped the RR companies from raising rates without telling the publicGave power to the Interstate Commerce Commission: which would prevent wealthy railroad owners to control lines and raise fares.

Hepburn Act 1906: strictly limited the distribution of free RR passes. Boosted government power in business.

Regulating Food and Drug IndustryMeat Inspection Act 1906: Cleanliness of meatpacking plants, ensure consumer safety

Pure Food and Drug Act 1906: halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth labeling

Conservation and Natural ResourcesConservation efforts

Land, parks, and limiting companies from using up resources.

Gifford Pinchot: head of U.S Forest Service, keeping federal land which was exempt from private sale.Some land to be preserved, others developed for common good

National Reclamation Act of 1902: Newlands Act money from selling federal land will fund large-scale irrigation projects

Civil RightsNot top priority for most progressives

Nonetheless; Roosevelt tried to help. Invited Booker T. Washington to White House

Booker T. Washington: Head of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, advocated for blacks to educate themselves, become useful, and accepting segregation. Most respected by powerful whites

Civil Rights Continued W.E.B Du Bois: Demanded immediate social and economic equality for all African Americans. Helped establish the NAACP.

NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Aimed for full equality among the races. Not as successful in Progressive Movement: focused on the needs of middle-class whites.Presidents which followed Roosevelt did little to support civil rights.