Chapter 21

Question 1

Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency

Answer 1

VP Theodore Roosevelt assumed presidency after Pres McKinley assassinated. Reputation as an independent and wild man; became champion of cautious an moderate change, reform to protect society against more radical changes. He took a lot of advantages.

Question 2

Government, Capital, and Labor

Answer 2

Roosevelt saw fed govt as mediator of the public good. Not opposed to industrial combinations but realized potential for abuse of powerSaw govt as impartial regulator for labor as well a strike by United Mine workers led Roosevelt to ask labor and management to accept impartial federal arbitration, threatened to seize mines if management balked

Question 3

“The Square Deal”

Answer 3

every one had an equal opportunity to take the chances and succeed.

Question 4

Roosevelt and Conservation

Answer 4

President supported public reclamation and irrigation projects- 1902 Newlands Act funded dam construction, reservoirs, canals in West to open new lands for irrigation, cultivation and power development

Question 5

Roosevelt and Preservation

Answer 5

Pres also sympathized w/ naturalists who wanted to protect land, wildlife from human intrusion- expanded National Forest System for “rational” lumbering, but also grew National Park System to protect lands from any development