Mr. HammillPhillip O Berry

Warm-Up Please pull out your Goal 7 Syllabus and

complete essential questions # 1,2,5

Answer the following question…

What do you believe has been the most important progressive reform that we have

studied?

Young TeddyAsthmaHome remediesDrank coffeeSmoked cigarsExercised

Teenager TeddyWorks hard in his

father’s home gym boxingOvercomes illnesses

through the strength of his will

TR: Harvard YearsMagna Cum Laude

Skiing and boxing

Early Adult Years1881 – Climbing the

Matterhorn (Switzerland-Italy)

Rough RidersVolunteer cavalry

brigadeVictory at San

Juan HillMedal of Honor Winner

Roosevelt Becomes President

Assassination of McKinley

A “visible president”

Youngest Pres. age 42

PhilosophyInternationally—he was a Social

DarwinistDomestically—believed that

government should actively help all people.

Roosevelt as ConservationistNational Parks,

National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations

Roosevelt was a strong conservationist

President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903.

Roosevelt and National Parks"Leave it as it is.

You can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it."

Roosevelt’s Square Deal

More Federal PowerTake up for the

common manProgressive reformsProvide a “square” fair

deal for everyone

Attack on Laissez Faire

Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits"

Roosevelt the “Trust Buster”

TRUSTBUSTER!

Elkins Act (1903)- Illegal to give and receive rebates for using a certain railroad ( It means you Rockefeller)

Hepburn Act (1906)- limited free rail passes and let ICC set maximum rates

1902: Federal Govt. sues Northern Securities Company (owned by JP Morgan)

- TR says NSC violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Supreme Court agrees with T. Roosevelt - Roosevelt’s popularity soared

Food and DrugsMeat Inspection Act

(1906)- set strict standards and est. federal inspection program

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)- stopped sale of contaminated food and drugs; ensure truth labeling

Roosevelt and Civil Rights

Did not fully support civil rightsInvited Booker T. Washington to the White

House as a symbolic gesture

Overall, Roosevelt did not make an effort to further the rights of African Americans around the country.

Presidential FirstsFirst to invite an African American to a White

House dinnerFirst to have Secret Service protectionFirst to win Nobel Peace Prize for his work

towards ending the Russo-Japanese WarFirst to take trip outside the United States

More Presidential FirstsFirst to give an open invitation to the

pressFirst to be submerged in a submarine, to

own a car, to have a telephone in his home, and to be allowed to operate the light switches in the White House