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US History: Spiconardi
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Teddy used the power of the presidency to deal directly with social and economic problems Presidency had any power not specifically denied in the Constitution
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Three term NYS Assemblyman Civil Service Commission NYC Police Commissioner Assistant Secretary of the Navy Vice President Volunteer soldier in the Spanish-American War Wrote two history books Boxer Horseman Marksman
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Conservation Supporting Progressive Ideas Enforcing the Anti-Trust Act Regulating Business Monopolies
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“We are prone to think of the resources of this country as inexhaustible [unlimited]; this is not so.” Protected nations environment and wilderness Purchased parkland, forests, monuments and wildlife refuges Triples the amount of public land
![ We are prone to think of the resources of this country as inexhaustible [unlimited]; this is not so. Protected nations environment and wilderness Purchased parkland, forests, monuments and wildlife refuges Triples the amount of public land](http://images.slideplayer.com/24/7391265/slides/slide_5.jpg " We are prone to think of the resources of this country as inexhaustible [unlimited]; this is not so. Protected nations environment and wilderness Purchased parkland, forests, monuments and wildlife refuges Triples the amount of public land")
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Upon reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, TR orders investigations TR supports legislation to ensure purity of food & drugs Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) Meat Inspection Act (1906)
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