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Roosevelt's Square Deal (Using Federal Power (trustbusting (legal…
Roosevelt's Square Deal
Using Federal Power
trustbusting
legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies
remove competition and raise prices
not all were bad but the ones that were harmful
coal strike
140,000 people went on strike
mine operators refused to bargain
the dignity of presidency kept him sane
railroad
federal regulation was his real goal
interstate commerce act; wealthy railroad owners couldnt collud fix high prices
1906 strictly limited railroad passes
civil rights
roosevelt appointed african americans as head of charleston
roosevelt angered man y african americans by when he dismissed without quetions on the stuff
failed to support civil rights to african americans
health and environment
pure food and drug act
they werec ontamin ated drugs and foods
progressive belief led them to know what they didi
this went down in 1906
conservation and natural resources
in 1877 the government stood by private interests gobbled up
they conservated the natural resources
the federal government had paid very little attention to the nations natural resources
regulating food and drugs
government had to pay for inspections
the meat was filled with rats
meat inspection act happened becausde they werent using the meat