8.4 ROOSEVELT’S SQUARE DEAL

Discuss Roosevelt’s ideas on the role of government

Analyze how Roosevelt changed the government’s role in the economy

Explain the impact of Roosevelt’s actions on natural resources

Compare and contrast Taft’s policies with Roosevelt’s

OBJECTIVES

1901-becomes presidentHarvard gradLoved the wildernessNY-fought corruptionRough Riders VP for McKinleySquare Deal

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (TR)

1902 coal strike-TR helped the workers

Hepburn Act-gave gov. authority to set and limit shipping costs

Enforces Sherman Antitrust actRegulate food and drug industries

Meat Inspection ActPure Food and Drug

TRUSTBUSTING AND REGULATING INDUSTRY

Preserved national forestsGifford Pinchot: preserve forests to make homes from lumber

WaterNational Reclamation Act

GOVERNMENT MANAGES ENVIRONMENT

Helped Taft win presidencyExpected him to keep on with policies

Taft’s own coursePassed many different acts that overturned TR’s policies

TR proposed New Nationalism

ROOSEVELT AND TAFT