Monday- 9-3 Notes
Teddy Roosevelt
- Born in New York in 1858
- Suffered from asthma
- Police commissioner and assistant secretary of U.S. Navy
- Youngest president at 42 years old in 1901
- Was good at athletics
- Not supposed to be president
- Not very well liked because he dressed like a rich man
- began a cowboy (hunting, wrestling, went to Harvard)
- Fought in Spanish American War
- Helped the common person (Middle and Lower class)
- Used his popularity to persuade people
- Did not help black people that much (just white people)
- Broke a lot of Trusts (monopolies)
- Passed Meat inspection Act (1906)
Teddy and the 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
- Consumer protection
1902 Coal Strike
- 140,000 workers went on strike
- wanted 20% raise and 9 hour work days, and a union
- Roosevelt called them to the White House
- Miners got what they wanted
- Gave up their right to go on strike for 3 years
- Strikes had to be intervened with government
Railroad Regulation
- Interstate Commerce Commission- enfolittle power
- Illegal for railroad officials to give and shippers to receive rebates
- Couldn't change set rates
- Limited distribution of free railroad passes (Bribery)
- Boosted gov't power to regulate railroad
Pure Food and Drug Act
- Manufacturing claimed false things
- Children's Medicine: Opium, Cocaine, Alcohol
- 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
- Taking out medicines that had false testimonies
- Stronger sales
Conservation and Natural Resources
- Government didn't pay attention to preserving their land
- Cut down 45 acres
- Private investigators ruined land
- Pioneer farmers VS. Forests
- Coal companies Cluttered land
- Lumber companies ignored affects, not replanting trees
- Cities dumped wastes
Conservation Measures
- Teddy R. condemned views of America, Primary Concern
- John Muir convinced the president to replant 148 million acres of forest
- 1.5 million Acres of Water- Power sites
- National Reclamation Act. (New lands act)
Civil Rights of Roosevelt
- Appointed African American, Charleston South Caroline
- NAACP- Help Black people with rights (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
- Dismissed Regiment of African American soldiers
- Conspiracy in protecting others
- Presidents+ Not Caring= Racial Inequality
Tuesday- (Early Out- State Volleyball)
Wednesday- (Early Out- Veteran's Day Program)
Thursday- (Early Out)
Friday- No school
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
-Square Deal
-Breaking up strikes
-Regulating railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
-Conservation
-Policy towards African-Americans
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.
Ch. 9.5
-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
-Federal Farm Loan Act
-Underwood Tariff
-Federal Reserve Act
-Keating–Owen Act
-Adamson Act
-US Neutrality in WWI
-Policy towards African-Americans
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