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Theodore Roosevelt was a progressive president who believed the president should use the bully pulpit to push new laws and influence public opinion. He broke up trusts and monopolies, ended a major coal strike, and passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act to regulate the food and drug industries. Roosevelt also established more national parks and preserved wilderness areas on the advice of conservationist John Muir. However, he did not actively push for civil rights reforms.
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Unit 7 notes 3
- 1. Unit 7- The Progressive Era
- 3. I. President Theodore Roosevelt- considered a rough riding President Very active outdoorsman
- 4. A. Square Deal- His progressive reforms focused on common people getting fair treatment from business Bully Pulpit- His idea that the Pres should influence the media and push new laws
- 5. II. Roosevelt uses Federal Power A. Trustbusting- He broke up several major trusts and monopolies B. 1902 Coal Strike- Roosevelt stopped a huge potential strike by the miner’s union
- 6. III. Health and the Environment A. After reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, he passed: 1. Meat Inspection Act- Cleanliness requirements and meat inspections 2. Pure Food and Drug Act- Labeling requirements for food and drugs
- 7. B. Conservation- Wilderness should be preserved as parks - John Muir- Writer and preservationist, convinced Roosevelt to establish more parks
- 8. IV. Roosevelt and Civil Rights He did not push for Civil Rights NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, established in 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois