Teddy Roosevelt And The Square Deal Flashcards
What does it mean that Roosevelt uses the presidency as a “bully pulpit”.
Speak out on crucial issues facing America.
Why did the mineworkers go on strike in 1902?
They went on strike for higher wages and recognition of their union.
What did conservatives want during the strike?
They wanted US soldiers to be brought in and force the workers back into the line.
What did progressives want during the strike?
They wanted Roosevelt to put the miners under federal control.
Roosevelt forced “arbitration”. What does that mean?
Where a third party determines a compromise.
What did the mine workers gain from the “square deal”?
They win a shorter work day and higher wages.
What did it mean to “bust the trusts”?
What example is given of a major trust that Roosevelt broke up?
Breaks down but monopoly.
He broke down the railroad shipping.
What sorts of dangerous products/business practices were endangering the American public in the early 1900s.
Formaldehyde, chemicals.
What did Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle” was expose?
How was this problem fixed?
The conditions of meat processing plants.
Passed the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure food and Drug Act.
What does conservation mean?
To protect American public bands and wildlife habitats from being destroyed by business.
How did Roosevelt help to conserve America’s wilderness?
He set up many national parks.
