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Teddy Roosevelt'sDomestic Policies ReviewSquare Deal Progressive Reform
Pure Food and Drug Administration (1906)Meat Inspection Act Because of Upton Sinclair's The JungleConservationist National Parks System Yellowstone,
YosemiteTrust Buster Attacks and Regulates Trusts
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Trust Busting Teddy Roosevelt believed that there were good trusts and bad trusts, each should be looked at individually and either broken up or regulated.
Roosevelt would often side with workers when they would go on strike.
Remember Roosevelt was often thought of as a Republican who behaved like a Democrat...
• Regulated Railroads• Consumer Protection• Food and Drug Safety• Improved Working Conditions• Created Workers Comp/Disability
Insurance
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Roosevelt's Foreign Policy expands the Monroe Doctrine with the Roosevelt Corollary
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Monroe Doctrine Told European nations not to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt Corollary The United States will help Latin American nations trying to get rid of their European colonists
First time the United States becomes a Policing Power
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The Panama Canal
The U.S. wants a quicker route to California.
In the late 1800s France will try to build a canal in Panama but will fail.
When Roosevelt takes office he promotes the idea of building the canal.
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Here's where the Roosevelt Corollary comes in ...
In 1903 Panama is under Columbian control and will not allow U.S. access to the canal zone.
The U.S. stirs up independence feelings among the Panamanians.
With a Naval ship stationed in the waters outside of Colon, Panama the U.S. assists the Panamanians in achieving their independence.
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The United States immediately recognizes Panama as an independent nation and draws up an agreement allowing the U.S. access to the area for a fee of $250,000 per year.
Within months work begins on the canal.
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Difficulties of the Canal...
Illness workers suffer from Yellow Fever, Malaria, dysentery, typhoid and Plague
Discovers that the Mosquito is responsible for Yellow Fever and begins tactics to kill mosquitos
Conditions many workers will be injured and killed in the building of the canal due to conditions and dangers working with explosives
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It is estimated that 22,000 laborers died between 1881 and 1889, the French period.
American death toll was officially 5,609
The total estimated human cost to 27,609.
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Improvements for Panama...Repaired and Improved railroads (helped with soil excavation)
Built schools in Canal Zone
Increased health care and disease prevention
Built roads
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Because of the changes in elevation the Canal requires the use of locks
The building of the canal was completed in 1913 (10 years).
The Canal is still in use today.
In 1999, the U.S. turned over control of the Canal Zone to Panama.
