Identify Theodore Roosevelt Define the Square Deal Why was TR a progressive president? Chapter 17 Section 4 McKinley re-elected in 1900 with Roosevelt as his vice president McKinley is assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz Reform minded ex NY governor takes over 42 year old Roosevelt was an lively and motivated progressive leader very much a hands on type of president used the White House as a bully pulpit to speak on issues What do you think this means? Re-names executive mansion the White House Is there any significance to the removal of the term executive? Conservatives want to bring in the US Army to put the strikers down Progressives want the government to take over running the mines Roosevelt has his own ideaArbitration What is arbitration? Arbitrators reach a compromise that both sides are happy with First time the federal government had intervened this way Leads to Roosevelts promise of a Square Deal What does Roosevelt mean by promising a Square Deal Becomes Roosevelts Campaign slogan in 1904 Intended to balance the interests of business, consumers, and labor Limit the power of trusts What was meant by fighting against misconduct, not against wealth? promote public health/safety Spoiled food often disguised as fresh food Over the counter medications containing cocaine or morphine How did the meat inspection Act and Pure food and Drug Act Help? Improving working conditions/Environmental Protection Roosevelt closed off more than 100 million acres of forestland. This Act gave the federal government power to distribute water in the arid west, effectively giving government the power to decide where and how water would be dispensed. Another example of the governments expanded authority was the National Reclamation Act of 1902. 1909 Taft approved the Aldrich Act which did not lower tariffs as much as Roosevelt wanted Taft signed the Mann-Elkins Act, providing for federal control over telephone and telegraph rates Taft relaxed the hard line set by the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1908, Roosevelt retired. But he soon disagreed with his successor William Howard Taft on several issues. Taft believed that a monopoly was acceptable as long as it didnt unreasonably squeeze out smaller companies. When Taft fired Gifford Pinchot and overturned an earlier antitrust decision, Roosevelt angrily decided to oppose Taft and ran for president again. Taft did not share Roosevelts views on trusts, but this was not the only area in which they disagreed. Roosevelt promised to restore government trust- busting in a program he called New Nationalism. Roosevelt then accepted the nomination of the Progressive Party setting up a three-way race for the presidency in Roosevelts candidacy split the Republican Party, which nominated Taft.