The SquareDeal & the

Modern Presidency

Square Deal = TR’s program of

progressivereforms designed

to protectthe common

people againstBig Business

Trusts & Trust BustingTrusts = legal entities created to hold stock in many companies; they controlled 4/5 of all industries in the U.S.

Northern Securities Case

Northern Securities Company had monopoly on northwestern railroads;

TR sued them;

Supreme Court dissolved the company

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Pure Food & Drug Act

1902 Coal Strike• PA miners went

on strike• Mine operators

refused to bargain• TR intervened and

made them sit down and work out an agreement

• Since then, when a strike threatened the public welfare the federal govt was expected to get involved

Elkins & Hepburn

Acts

Laws that put new rules & regulations

on what railroads could do in order to

protect the public

TR & John Muir at Yosemite

Conservation v. Preservation

TR set aside 148 million

acresof forest reserves,

created 50 wildlife

sanctuaries

and several national parks

“Teddy”Bear

TR spared a bear cub on a hunting expedition; a toymaker marketed a newproduct, the teddy bear

SquareDeal

Meat Inspection Act

Trusts & Trust Busting

Northern Securities Case

Pure Food & Drug Act

1902 Coal Strike

Elkins & Hepburn

Acts

TR & John Muir at Yosemite

Conservation & Preservation

“Teddy”Bear