Roosevelt's Square Deal
Using Federal Power
Roosevelt and Civil Rights
Health and Enviornment
Trust Busting
stock holding companies
removed competition and raised prices
1902 Coal Strike
140,000 coal miners went on strike and demanded a raise
monopoly hurt the public
the mine operators refused to bargain with them
coal reserves started becoming slow
Railroad Regulation
it's passage boosted the government's power to regulate the railroad
law made it illegal for railroad workers to give and shippers to recieve
Congress passed the Elkins act in 1903 due to the outrage
got much hate from blacks when he dismissed a black murder case
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Roosevelt appointed a black man to me the head of a custom house
Pure Food and Drug Act
Conservation and natural resources
Regulating foods and drugs
Conservation Measures
Roosevelt established 50 wildlife sanctuaries
also set aside 1.5 million acres of water power sites
a writer persuaded the president to set aside 148 million acres of forestry
Roosevelt passed the "Meat Inspection Act"
unbearably disgusting conditions in the meat industry
this act lasted until about the 1990's
pioneer farmers leveled the forests and plowed the prairies
cities dumped waste and sewage into rivers and lakes
federal government lacked attention to natural resources
manufacturer's made extreme claims about their products
products that could cure cancer and grow hair
some children's medicines contained opium, cocaine, or alcohol