THEODORE ROOSEVELT (TR)
26TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. TOOK OVER AFTER MCKINLEY WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1901.
BULLY PULPIT
MEANS THE PRESIDENT CAN SPEAK FOR THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, DEFINING NATIONAL GOALS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.
SQUARE DEAL
TR'S PROGRAM ΤΟ WORK FOR THE NEEDS OF THE
PEOPLE.
TRUSTS
A GROUP OF COMPANIES WHOSE STOCK IS CONTROLLED BY A CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
TRUST-BUSTING
TERM FOR TR'S BREAKING UP OF TRUSTS.
COAL STRIKE OF 1902
TR HELPED SETTLE THE STRIKE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT SHOWED CONCERN FOR THE DEMANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST FOR THE RICH BUSINESS OWNERS.
MEAT INSPECTION ACT OF 1906
THIS LAW WAS PASSED BECAUSE OF AN EXPOSE ON THE FILTHY CONDITIONS IN THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY EXPOSED IN THE BOOK THE JUNGLE SETTING UP A PROGRAM OF FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTIONS.
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD BANNING BADLY PREPARED FOODS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
THE MAN TR PICKED TO REPLACE HIM IN THE 1908 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, HE WON EASILY.
NEW NATIONALISM
TR'S NEW PHILOSOPHY WAS FAR MORE LIBERAL AND PRO REFORM THEN THE OLD SQUARE DEAL. HE WANTED MORE SAFETY AND WELFARE LAWS, MORE TAXATION OF BUSINESS, AND MORE REGULATION OF LARGE CORPORATIONS.
BULL MOOSE PARTY
TR AND HIS SUPPORTERS STARTED THIS NEW PARTY AND RAN TR FOR PRESIDENT IN 1912 AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN TAFT, AND THE DEMOCRAT WILSON
WOODROW WILSON
28TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S., HAD BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT.
CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT
1914, LAW AGAINST MONOPOLIES, SPELLED OUT IN CLEAR TERMS WHAT CORPORATIONS COULD NOT DO. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION GAINED THE POWER TO REGULATE TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, CABLE AND WIRELESS (RADIO) COMPANIES
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF 1912
TR, WHO WAS UNHAPPY WITH TAFT'S CONSERVATISM, DECIDED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, BUT THE REPUBLICANS CHOOSE TAFT.
UNDERWOOD TARIFF
1913, FIRST TARIFF SINCE THE CIVIL WAR THAT LOWERED TARIFF DUTIES TO MAKE GOODS CHEAPER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
1913, A A THREE LEVEL FEDERAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMY AND CONTROL THE MONEY SUPPLY, STILL IMPORTANT TODAY.
BITTER CRY OF THE CHILDREN
1906 BOOK BY JOHN SPARGO THAT TOLD OF THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS FACED BY CHILD LABOR, FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF CHILD LABOR WOULD NOT COME UNTIL THE 1930'S.
BLACK MIGRATION TO THE NORTH
MANY BLACKS FLED THE DISCRIMINATION OF THE SOUTH TO FIND BETTER LIVES IN THE NORTHERN CITIES.
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
FOUNDED IN 1910, IT HELPED BLACKS WORK FOR GOOD JOBS AND FAIR HOUSING.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADER OF THE LATE 1800'S, WHO WANTED BLACKS TO CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING TRADES ONCE HAVING SKILLS AND JOBS SOCIAL EQUALITY WOULD COME.
W.E.B. DU BOIS
BLACK HARVARD PROFESSOR WHO DISAGREED WITH BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, WHO WANTED BLACKS TO FIGHT TO OVERCOME DISCRIMINATION.
BROWNSVILLE
IN TEXAS IN 1906, SOME BLACK SOLDIERS WERE INVOLVED IN A RIOT AND TR KICKED THE WHOLE UNIT OUT OF THE ARMY WITHOUT AN INVESTIGATION.
TAFT VIEW'S ON BLACKS
PRESIDENT TAFT TOLD BLACKS THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF THEY WERE UNHAPPY.
WILSON' VIEWS ON BLACKS
HE INTRODUCED SEGREGATION INTO THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE.
CONSERVATION
THE PRESERVATION RESOURCES (FORESTS, UNINHABITED AREAS). RIVERS, AND WISE USE OF NATURAL LAKES, MINERALS, ANIMALS
CARL SCHURZ
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IN THE 1870'S OPPOSED THE CUTTING OF TREES ON FEDERAL LAND, EARLY CONSERVATIONISTS
WASTING NATURAL RESOURCES
AMERICAN BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGING AND WASTING AMERICA'S RESOURCES, THE GOVERNMENT WAS MORE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENT THAN CONSERVATION AND ALLOWED MILLIONS OF ACRES TO BE DEVASTATED BY SELFISH BUSINESSMEN.
JOHN MUIR
FAMOUS CONSERVATIONIST AND FRIEND OF TR'S WHO WANTED LANDS PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT COMPLETELY.
YELLOWSTONE
WORLD'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK FOUNDED IN 1872.
TR ON CONSERVATION
HE MADE CONSERVATION A NATIONAL ISSUE MAKING ALL THE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE EVENTUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
ANTIQUITIES ACT
ALLOWED A PRESIDENT TO SET LANDMARKS OF GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AS NATIONAL MONUMENTS.
NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT
1902, MONEY FROM THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT LAND COULD BE USED TO BUILD DAMS AND OTHER IRRIGATION PROJECTS
NATIONAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION
TR SET THIS UP TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNORS OF ALL STATES TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN THEIR OWN STATES.
BALLINGER-PINCHOT CONTROVERSY
THIS SOURED RELATIONS BETWEEN TR AND TAFT AND CONSERVATIONISTS, PINCHOT BELIEVED THAT BALLINGER WAS AN ENEMY OF CONSERVATION.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CREATED BY WILSON TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE THE NATIONS FEDERAL PARKS
NAACP
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, FOUNDED IN 1909, BLACK GROUP ORGANIZED TO GET BLACK PEOPLE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AS U.S. CITIZENS.
GIFFORD PINCHOT
A LEADING CONSERVATIONIST WHO TRIED TO TEACH LUMBER COMPANIES HOW TO HARVEST TREES WITHOUT DESTROYING THE FOREST.
SIERRA CLUB
CONSERVATIONIST ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY JOHN MUIR IN 1892 THAT IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY IN PRESERVING AMERICA'S NATURAL HERITAGE.
ELECTION OF 1912
THRE WERE FOUR CANDIDATES, THE DEMOCRAT WILSON WON AND THE DEMOCRATS ALSO WON CONTROL OF CONGRESS
FEDERAL TRADE COMISSION
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DESIGNED TO HALT UNFAIR PRACTICES BY BUSINESSES