1. Monday, October 20 Do-Now Agenda Homework Objective Do-Now
Copy the following questions into your notes, leave space to answer:
How did Roosevelt expand the presidential authority?
What reforms did T.R. achieve under his square deal?
Based on what you know about T.R.’s personality, beliefs, & leadership style, draw conclusions about how these characteristics shaped his pursuit of Progressive reforms.
Objective
To analyze / understand the progressive Reforms enacted under Theodore Roosevelt.
Agenda
Do-Now
Notes on Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Reforms
Essential Questions Q & A
Homework
Read Chapter 18, Section 3, Complete WS
Quiz Thursday
Current Event Friday

2. Thursday’s Quiz will cover:
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Women’s Suffrage
Then we will finally be moving on from the Progressive Era!!! : )
Friday you will need a Current Event - Election
Based on your article, write a detailed summary (one full paragraph or more) and prepare a 1-to-2 minute “lesson” on your topic to share with the class.
I.O.W. research your topic! Give us the back-story!

3. Do-Later Answer the following, be specific / fully explain:
How did Roosevelt expand the presidential authority?
What reforms did T.R. achieve under his square deal?
Based on what you know about T.R.’s personality, beliefs, and leadership style, draw conclusions about how these characteristics shaped his pursuit of Progressive reforms. Explain.

4. T.R.’s Square Deal May 1902, United Mine Workers strike
Demand better wages
Winter nears, no resolution = no coal
T.R. intervenes
Forces arbitration –
A settlement in which an impartial 3rd party decides on a legally-binding solution
His Threat
Army will control the mine
Resolution called a “Square Deal” for both sides
Miners get 10% raise, reduced work hours
Management does not have to recognize the union

5. Anti-Trust Activism Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
Old trend: not consistently enforced
Dissolution of the Northern Securities Company
A “Holding Company” – buys up smaller co.’s to create a monopoly
Under T.R. NSC accused of violating S. A-T Act
Reversing the trend
Some 42 anti-trust actions under T.R.
Included:
Beef trust, Standard Oil, American Tobacco, etc.

6. Grappling with Standard Oil
T.R. was not anti-business, but believed the government should regulate them.
He did not wish to destroy trusts which did not harm the public.

9. Railroad Regulation 1906 Hepburn Act Recall how T.R. became president
Needed to be careful not to turn Congress against him
Once re-elected in 1904, able to push changes
1906 Hepburn Act
A battle with Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) gained new, stronger enforcement powers
Could now set and limit railroad rates
ICC first federal regulatory agency

10. It’s a Jungle out there

11. Protecting Public Health
T.R. at first renounced the Muckrakers
Many powerful food exposes
Persuaded to act
Result (1906):
Pure food and drug act
Meat Inspection Act
Required :
accurate labeling of ingredients
strict sanitary conditions
rating system for meats

12. A New Labor Department Labor and Women’s Reform Groups apply pressure
Cabinet Level Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau
Women’s Bureau
Both groups supported laws to benefit women and children
Julia Lathrop & Mary Anderson
heads of the new bureaus
first women in such federal posts

14. Protecting the Environment
T.R. pushes congress to preserve natural lands
Inspired by writers like John Muir
Nation’s first National Parks
Yellowstone, WY
Yosemite, CA
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot – policy for land use
Set aside 200million+ acres for conservation
National forests, mineral reserves, water projects

19. Do-Later Answer the following, be specific / fully explain:
How did Roosevelt expand the presidential authority?
What reforms did T.R. achieve under his square deal?
Based on what you know about T.R.’s personality, beliefs, and leadership style, draw conclusions about how these characteristics shaped his pursuit of Progressive reforms. Explain.

20. How did Roosevelt expand the presidential authority?
By getting involved in labor disputes, breaking up harmful trusts, and successfully pushing congress to regulate railroads and the food-processing industry.

21. What reforms did T.R. achieve under his square deal?
Under Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal,” reforms were made which included:
Anti-Trust activism
Railroad regulation
Transforming Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) into the first regulatory agency
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Protections to the Environment

22. How did T.R.’s personality, beliefs, and leadership style, shape his pursuit of Progressive reforms. Explain.
With his dynamic personality and energetic leadership style he was well-suited to match the attitude of Americans during the Progressive Era.
He was unafraid to face such challenges as the railroads and large trusts.

23. HOMEWORK Note: Worksheet Read Chapter 18, Section 3 Quiz Thursday
Current Events Friday (Election K-W-L)