9.3 Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Upton Sinclair
A muckraking journalist who wrote "The Jungle"
Pure Food and Drug Act
a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling
Meat Inspection Act
a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat-inspection program
The Jungle
a novel by Upton Sinclair , published in 1906, portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions prevalent in the meatpacking industry at the time
NAACP
national association for the advancement of colored people, founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality
Square Deal
president roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business
Conservation
the planned management of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for the common good
Theodore Roosevelt
vice president for President McKinley until the president was assassinated
