1. Roosevelt in Office

2. Presidents Up to This Point…. 1868-1876 Ulysses S. Grant  Spoils system 1876-1880 Rutherford B. Hayes  Tried to fix spoils system, but couldn’t so he quit after 1 term 1880 James A. Garfield  Wanted to create Civil Service Exam, but was shot and killed 1880 -1900  Chester A. Arthur  Grover Cleveland  Benjamin Harrison  William McKinley  All have a very hard time making America more Progressive. 1900  McKinley Runs for re-election

3. Teddy Takes Office September 6, 1901  President McKinley gets shot at the Pan-Am Exposition Shot by unemployed laborer  At 42, Teddy Roosevelt takes office. Youngest president up to this point

4. Roosevelt’s Approach to the Oval Office During Gilded Age  Politicians took a “hands off” approach to government Teddy changes that  Believed in the “bully pulpit” President has the right to speak out on issues

5. Teddy R. Reforms America Arbitration Elkins Act Hepburn Act Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act

6. Practices of Food and Drug Companies 1900 Food companies  Scientists were adding substances to food to make it look healthy Formaldehyde was added to old eggs to take away odor Skim milk churned with spoiled butter to make it look new. 1900 Drug Companies  Sold worthless medicines that had drugs in them like Cocaine morphine

7. Protecting the Consumer Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle  Explosive novel that depicted the unsanitary conditions of a meatpacking industry. “We saw meat shoveled from filthy floors, piled on tables, and then packaged”

8. Protecting the Environment 1902 Roosevelt passes Newlands Reclamation Act  Reclamation The process of making damaged land productive again

12. QUICKWRITE Which of Roosevelt’s reforms do you think was most vital (important) in transforming America? Explain your reasoning.