1. 8.4 Roosevelt’s Square Deal

2. Discuss Roosevelt’s ideas on the role of government
Objectives
Discuss Roosevelt’s ideas on the role of government
Analyze how Roosevelt changed the government’s role in the economy
Explain the impact of Roosevelt’s actions on natural resources
Compare and contrast Taft’s policies with Roosevelt’s

3. Theodore Roosevelt (TR)
1901-becomes president
Harvard grad
Loved the wilderness
NY-fought corruption
Rough Riders
VP for McKinley
Square Deal

6. Trustbusting and Regulating Industry
1902 coal strike-TR helped the workers
Hepburn Act-gave gov. authority to set and limit shipping costs
Enforces Sherman Antitrust act
Regulate food and drug industries
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug

7. Government Manages Environment
Preserved national forests
Gifford Pinchot: preserve forests to make homes from lumber
Water
National Reclamation Act

8. Roosevelt and Taft
Helped Taft win presidency
Expected him to keep on with policies
Taft’s own course
Passed many different acts that overturned TR’s policies
TR proposed New Nationalism