Grover Cleveland 2/23 Flashcards
What did the mine owners in Penn. want from the government and what does Roosevelt do?
Want troops from the government
Roosevelt refuses the troops
What did the coal strikers in Penn. want?
9 hour work day
20% wage increase
Begin a union
What does Roosevelt do about the coal strikes in Penn.? What happens
Roosevelt invites people to the Oval Office
Mine owners refuse to listen/ Roosevelt upset
4 months of work:
9 hour work day
10% increase
No right to union
What is Roosevelt seen as?
A “ Trust Buster”
What did Roosevelt seek to do?
Get rid of “Big buisnesses
What did the 1903 Debt of Commerce and Labor do?
Investigate and report on corporation activities
44 lawsuits filed by Roosevelt Administration
In the election of 1904 who was the republican and who ran from democrat party?
Rebublican: Theodore Roosevelt
Democrat: Alton Parker
Who won election of 1904?
Roosevelt 336/140
Who became a state in 1907?
Oklahoma
What are some Public health reforms?
Distilleries
Drug companies
Meat packing plants
Who wrote the Jungle
Upton Sinclair
What act required govt. approval of all meat shipped between states?
1906 Meat Inspection Act
What did the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act state?
Can’t sell tainted food or medicine
Patent medicines must state exact contents
U.S. Seen as protecting the welfare of citizens
What did Roosevelt do to conserve Natural Resources?
Took 150 acres from public sale and made it Forest land
What did Congress create to conserve natural resources
Wildlife sanctuaries
National parks
