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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, 'Square Deal,' Pan...
Bully Pulpit
Nickname for the power of the president to use the attention associated with the office to persuade the media, Congress and the public to support his ...
Square Deal
Progressive concept by Roosevelt that would help capital, labor, and the public. It called for control of corporations, consumer protection, and conse...
Elkins Act
(1903) gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power to control railroads from giving preferences to certain customers
Hepburn Act
This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on shipping goods.
Upton Sinclair
muckraker who shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago. The ...
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Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, 'Square Deal,' Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War |
Bully Pulpit | Nickname for the power of the president to use the attention associated with the office to persuade the media, Congress and the public to support his policy positions |
Square Deal | Progressive concept by Roosevelt that would help capital, labor, and the public. It called for control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources. It denounced special treatment for the large capitalists and is the essential element to his trust-busting attitude. This deal embodied the belief that all corporations must serve the general public good. |
Elkins Act | (1903) gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power to control railroads from giving preferences to certain customers |
Hepburn Act | This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on shipping goods. |
Upton Sinclair | muckraker who shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago. The book was fiction but based on the things Sinclair had seen. |
Meat Inspection Act | This act (inspired by The Jungle) was passed in 1906 to require truthful labeling products to protect consumers. |
Pure Food and Drug Act | 1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the 'patent' drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA. |
John Muir | (1838-1914) Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved in its natural state. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California. |
Newlands Reclamation Act | 1902 act authorizing federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land development projects, mainly in the dry Western states |
Gifford Pinchot | head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them |