1. Teddy Roosevelt Progressive President Rough Rider Governor of NY and Vice President Trust Buster Outdoors man http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uFlOLyMwnjU

2. Teddy becomes President  1900 McKinley was elected President. In 1901 at the Pan American Expo in Buffalo NY he was shot and killed  VP Teddy Roosevelt is the youngest President in US history at the age of 42.

3. Square Deal  1. Consumer Progressivism  After reading The Jungle he helps to pass the Meat Inspection act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906  2. Protection of the People  Roosevelt threatens to get involved if any strike threatens the whole nation !

4. Square Deal  3. Trust Busting 80% of the Nation’s industries were controlled by trusts.  Teddy resurrects the Sherman –Anti trust Act of 1890 and applies it to BAD trusts!!  He did believe some trusts were of value to the country’s economic power

5. Legacy of Presidency  Expands the power of both the State and National Government