Today we are finishing Ch. 9 questions.Teddy Roosevelt was a great president and was born into a wealthy family. He was sick as a child, which helped make him work harder. He graduated from Harvard. He became a cowboy for a short period of time. Roosevelt fought in the Spanish-American war and had the “Rough Riders”. He became the governor of New York from 1898-1900. Roosevelt became the vice-president in 1901. Teddy became president from 1901-1908. He was a major Progressive. He also was a big hunter, and after he finished his term, he went to Africa and went on a big hunting trip. He motivated people by using the “bully pulpit”.Progressives did not help African Americans because some were racist, and if they helped them, they might not agree with them. Also, if political figures helped them, southerners would not vote for other bills that they needed to pass.WIlliam H. Taft was not a great president. Teddy Roosevelt supported him, but he did not like being president. He was energetic and did not use 'bully pulpit'. Progressives pushed for lower tariffs, and he promised to, but he actually increased them. He also supported a non-Progressive man, Speaker of the House, Joe Cannon.9. What did the progressives do to make food and drugs safer for the people of the United States?-The Meat Inspection Act in 1906 just required meat to be inspected. The Pure Food and Drug Act In 1906 required food and drugs to be labeled and be safe and inspected, and did not contain dangerous drugs.10. What did progressives (Teddy Roosevelt) do to help conserve land and resources in our country?-The Newlands Act in 1902 sold western land and made dams which allowed for irrigation. It became decent farmland after being able to be irrigated. TR was a huge conservationist; he was kind of in the middle.11. What did progressives do to regulate businesses in the United States?- Roosevelt believed that there were good trusts and bad trusts. He left the good ones alone, and he broke up around 40 trusts during his presidency and called himself the “trustbuster”. The Elkins Act got rid of railroad rebates, which gave the wealthy people a discount but not the common people. The Hepburn Act required railroads to be fair and just in their prices and practices.
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