ch 8 sec 4 Flashcards
Theodore Rosevelt nickname
Trust buster
Rosevelt was president after
William McKinley
square deal
repsevelts program of promising reforms to keep the rich/powerful from taking advantage of small business owners
3 c’s
conserve natural recourses
control of corporations
consumer protection
trustbusitng and regulating industry
govt steps in to settle labor disputes (coal miners) and negotiate raise pay and work hours
The law that gave government the authority to set and limit shipping costs (railroads)
Hepburn act
ICC
Interstate commerce commission
law that required federal inspection of food and medicine
Pure food and drug act
rosevelts impact on natural resources
protected national parks and wild life
protected timber land 125 million acres set aside
the national reclamation act directly affected the management of
water
gilded age
time period of excessive consumerism and political corruption
theodore rosevelt supported big corporations that
did businesses fairly