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(Using Federal Power (Trust Busting (By 1900 trusts owned 4/5ths of the…
Using Federal Power
Trust Busting
By 1900 trusts owned 4/5ths of the the industries in U.S.
Waited until competing buisiness shuts down and jack up their prices
President did not believe all trust harmful
Coal Strike
1902 140,000 Coal Miners Go on strike for better wages
Miners operators refused to bargain
Teddy Roosevelt orders meeting at white house to settle it
Railroad
1887 Congress passes Interstate Commerce Act
Congress passes Elkins act in 1903
1906 Hepburn Act was Passed
Health And Environment
Pure Food and Drug Act
said that their product cured cancer or grew hair
Pure food and Drug act passed in 1906
Manufacturers made lies about products before act
Conservation and Natural Recources
by the late 19th century Americans had exploiyted most of the wilderness
Pioneer farms flattened the forests
Ranchers allowed cattle to over eat Great Plains
Regulating Food and Drugs
Meat Inspection Act in 1906
Act did not require expiration dates on canned food
Roosevelt invested the meat packing
Roosevelt and Civil Rights
Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dinner
Roosevelt had a Southern Belle Mother
Despite Racism Roosevelt appoints Black man as South Carolina custom house
A Rough Riding President
The Modern Presidency
Roosevelt's Rise