1. Section 3 Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Chapter 9
Section 3
Teddy Roosevelt’s
Square Deal
1. labor and management
2. consumer and business
3. developer and conservationist 

2. Problem #1 1902 Coal Strike 140, 000 coal miners demand
20% raise, 9 hour workday, right to organize
Arbitration commission
Federal government can intervene and experts can help solve disputes

3. Problem # 2 Trusts
Trusts- legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies
1890 Sherman anti-trust Act

4. Problem #3 Railroad Regulation
Interstate Commerce Act- no price fixing
Elkins Act- no rebates allowed
Hepburn Act- limit free railroad passes

5. Problem # 4 Food/Medicine
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act

6. Problem #5 Wilderness/ Natural Resources
National Reclamation Act- large irrigation projects
Set aside millions of acres of forest
Wildlife sanctuaries
National parks

7. Problem #6 Racial Discrimination
Failed to support civil rights for African-Americans
Invited Booker T. Washington to White House
DuBois founds NAACP to promote equality
Progressive Movement appeals to needs to the white middle class