Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal

1. 1902 COAL STRIKE

a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Roosevelt took both sides of the coal strike and compromised with them using an arbitration commission, which resulted in both sides getting fair parts of the deal.


b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
None

2. TRUSTS

a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Roosevelt filed lawsuits under the Sherman Antitrust Act against the trusts that he believed were harming the public interest. He managed to dissolve the Northern Securities Company, and win other lawsuits as well.

b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
Sherman Antitrust Act

3. UNREGULATED BIG BUSINESS

a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Had a goal of federal regulation so: he urged Congress to pass the Elkins Act, which limited railroad officials; he also compromised with senators who opposed the Hepburn Act.

b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
  Interstate Commerce Act, Elkins Act, Hepburn Act

4. DANGEROUS FOODS AND MEDICINES

 a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Roosevelt appointed a commission of experts to investigate the meatpacking industry, and induced the Meat Inspection Act.

b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act

5. SHRINKING WILDERNESS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Roosevelt set aside forest and water reserves, created national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, and made Gifford Pinchot head of the U.S. Forest Service.

b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)

6. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

a. What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the problem? 
Roosevelt supported some individual African Americans, such as an African American that he appointed head of a customhouse, an African American postmistress he had also appointed, and Booker T. Washington.

b. Which legislation helped solve the problem?
None

Explain the importance of each of the following:

7. Square Deal:  This was a term that referred to the multiple progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration.              


8. The Jungle: A book written by Upton Sinclair that described the horrible conditions of meatpacking industries, and therefore ended up helping President Roosevelt to realize he needed to make some changes in that area. 
                           

9. Upton Sinclair: A muckraker that wrote the book The Jungle, which caused President Roosevelt to start fixing up the meatpacking industries. 


10. NAACP: (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)-it aimed for complete equality for the races around the early 1900s.


11. Meat Inspection Act: Supported by President Roosevelt, it created cleanliness requirements and the program of federal meat inspection within the meatpacking industry.                          


12. Pure Food & Drug Act: It halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines, and required all labeling to be true.

13. Significance of the 1902 Coal Miners’ Strike: Caused President Roosevelt to call for a solution using the arbitration commission. Also it's resolution gave the impression that any strike that arose in society would be resolved by the federal government. It also managed to show that these kinds of disputes could be settled in a more diplomatic manner.