last work day before presentations tomorrow.professional resumehepron act-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.helped regulate and bring peace to industries such as railroadsone of the first to bring attention to the wasting of natural resourceswas disgusted by the meatpacking industry and worked to improve cleanliness in the factories-Square Dealdescribes the various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administrationits what his "platform" became known as. he vowed not to favor any certain race, but to be fair to allbased on three ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection-Breaking up strikeshe called both sides to the white house to talk about it-took sides with the workers-compromised that they would get a 10% pay raise and nine hour day but gave up their right to strike for the next three years-Regulating railroadsprohibited railroad officials to give and shippers to receive rebates for using particular railroads. railroads couldnt change its rate without notifying the publichepburn act limited distribution of free railroad passes, a common form of bribery-Regulating food and drugswanted to investigate the meatpacking industry after reading The Jungle by Sinclair. his report came back and backed up how disgusting industry was. The Meat inspection act dictated strict cleanliness for meatpackers-Conservationpeople didn't think about what they were doing to the environment-"Pioneer farmers leveled the forests and plowed up the prairies.Ranchers allowed their cattle to overgraze the Great Plains. Coal companies clutteredthe land with refuse from mines. Lumber companies ignored the effect oftheir logging operations on flood control and neglected to plant trees to replacethose they had cut down. Cities dumped untreated sewage and industrial wastesinto rivers, poisoning the streams and creating health hazards."Roosevelt set aside land specifically for nature and forest reserves-Civil RightsRoosevelt didn't do much to support african american's rights-but he did support a few individuals. invited brooker t washington to dinner at the white house. washington was apposed by W. E. B. Du Bois, who worked to NAACP which had over 6,000 members by 1914, it aimed for equality between racesextra stuff:::::http://www.clker.com/cliparts/f/9/6/e/11970857391469083342johnny_automatic_Teddy_Roosevelt_2.svg.hi.pnghttp://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/toonsbytopiccoalstrike.htmlimportant one:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/TheodoreRooseveltTeddyBear.jpgbest:http://www.fraziermuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/theodore-roosevelt.jpg
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