teddy roosevelt’s square deal

TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S SQUARE DEAL

SWBAT: identify Teddy Roosevelt and the reforms he made that contributed to the Progressive Era.

Homework: Study for vocab quiz Thursday

Do Now: Read the excerpt from Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” and answer the following questions:

How did the passage make you feel?What affect might something like this have had on people at the time?

MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY

MUCKRAKING Tradition of investigative reporting uncovering corruption and serious problems.

Way of enlightening the public and politicians.

Muckrakers discoveries led to big changes by Teddy Roosevelt to help make industries cleaner, fairer, and safer.

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

WHO IS TEDDY ROOSEVELT? Was William McKinley’s vice president until McKinley was assassinated. Saw the presidency as a “bully pulpit” and sought to influence the media and shape legislation. Enacted various progressive reforms known as the Square Deal.

REFORMS Trustbusting 1902 Coal Strike Regulating Food and Drugs False Advertising/Impure Medicine and Food Conservation

TRUSTBUSTING Is created when one company buys/merges with multiple other companies creating a monopoly.

Why is this a problem?

Solution: Cracked down on monopolies, forcing some to break up.

1902 COAL STRIKE 140,000 coal workers strike demanding 20% raise, 9 hour work day, and the right to unionize. Mine operators refuse to listen.

Why is this a problem?

Solution: Forced the 2 groups to sit down and work out their differences.

REGULATING FOOD AND DRUGS Up until 1906, there were no rules regulating cleanliness in the food industry.

Why would this be a problem?

Solution: Meat Inspection Act: dictated cleanliness requirements and inspections.

FALSE ADVERTISING/IMPURE MEDICINE AND FOOD Before regulations, food and drug companies could advertise anything in regards to their products i.e. cure cancer, regrow hair, etc.

Could also put anything they wanted in their products i.e. children’s medicine often contained opium, cocaine, or alcohol.

Why might this be a problem?

Solution: Pure Food and Drug Act: forbid selling of contaminated products and forced truthful labels.

CONSERVATION In the early 1900s, pioneer farmers leveled forests, plowed up prairies, and allowed cattle to overgraze. Lumber companies cut down trees. Cities dumped their waste wherever they wanted.

Why is this a problem?

Solution: Conservation: setting aside areas of land for natural use.

Crater Lake, Oregon Mesa Verde, Colorado

Devils Tower, Wyoming

El Moro, New Mexico

WHERE TEDDY ISN’T TOO PROGRESSIVE

Racist upbringing- Roosevelt’s mother was a southern belle in favor of slavery.

Failed to promote equality between whites and blacks.

Did invite Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner.

Because Roosevelt fails to help African Americans, African Americans formed the NAACP. Wanted to create equality among the races

Booker T. Washington

EXIT ACTIVITY What does Roosevelt’s lack of reforms in regards to civil rights suggest about the goals of the Progressive Era?

VOCAB REVIEW Progressive Movement Florence Kelley Muckraker Suffrage Square Deal The Jungle William Howard Taft Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Nineteenth Amendment