1. Teddy Roosevelt The Progressive President

2. Square Deal

3. Created to ensure that every American had an equal opportunity to succeed. Break up trusts. Fix the meat problems in American Factories. Conservation (Protect the environment)

4. Trustbuster

5. 1902 Roosevelt tests the Sherman Antitrust Act. Attorney General brings Northern Security on charges. S.C. rules that Northern Security be broken up. After breaking up Standard Oil & American Tobacco trust, TR is nicknamed the “Trustbuster”.

6. Reaction to The Jungle

7. Meat Packing Industry Meat Inspection Act says that ALL meat products will be inspected for health. Pure Food and Drug Act requires that ALL packaged food and drugs MUST include ALL ingredients on a visible label.

8. Conservation

9. Teddy Roosevelt introduced a policy that attempted to stop the destruction of the wilderness *Wilderness areas and their resources should be protected for the public good*.