Monday-
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
- born in New York in 1858
- suffered from asthma
- Marksmanship/horseback riding/boxing/wrestling
- police commissioner and assistant secretary of U.S. Navy
- Wasn't supposed to be a president
- Became youngest president at 42 in 1901
- born into a wealthy family
- went to Harvard
- left his baby daughter with his parents
- Went to Dakota territory and became a cowboy
- served as US Civil Service Commissioner from 1889-1895
- Fought in Spanish-American war in 1898 as leader
- governor of New York
- Vice president of US in 1901
- wrote many history books
- broke up a lot of trusts
-Square Deal
- big businesses victimized workers
- Used to describe the various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration
- 3 C's- Conservation of natural resources, Control of corporations, and Consumer protection
-Breaking up strikes
1902 Coal Strike
- 140,000 coal miners went on strike
- wanted 20% raises, 9 hour work days, and a union
- mine operators refused to bargain
- Roosevelt called them to White House
- Miners go what they wanted
- gave up their right to strike for 3 years
- strikes had to be intervened with government
-Regulating railroads
- Interstate Commerce Act- 1887
- Interstate Commerce Commission- little power
- Elkins Act 1903
- illegal for railroad officials to give and shippers to receive rebates
- Couldn't change set rates
- Hepburn Act- 1906
- Limited distribution of free railroad passes
- Gave ICC power to set maxes
- Boosted government power to regulate railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
Pure Food and Drug Act
- manufacturers claimed curing
- Children's medicine: Opium, Cocaine, Alcohol
- Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, criticized, harmful products
- 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
- Stronger sales, canceled ban, excessive labels
- Meat Inspection Act - 1906
-Conservation
- Government did not pay attention, cutting down trees, 45 million acres
- government stood by, private investigators
- 19th century- Americans exploited natural environment
- Pioneer farmer vs. Forests
- Coal companies cluttered land
- Lumber companies ignored affects, no replanting
- Cities dumped waste
- Teddy Roosevelt condemned views of America, primary concern
- John Muir persuaded Roosevelt, 148 million acres of forest
- Roosevelt, 1.5 million acres of water-power sites
- National Reclamation Ant (aka Newlands Act), built the Roosevelt dam
-Policy towards African-Americans
Civil Rights of Roosevelt
- Appointed African American, Charleston, SC
- 1906, Roosevelt Anger African Americans
- NAACP (National Association fr the Advancement of Colored People)
- Dismissed regiment of African American soldiers
- Conspiracy in protecting others
- 6,000 members aimed for rights
- presidents + not caring = racial inequality
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-16th Amendment
-Policy towards African-Americans
-Break-up of the Republican Party
-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.
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Wednesday- gone
Thursday- no school
Friday- no school
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Good job!