Roosevelt's Square Deal

What was the impact of Gifford Pinchot's ideas about the government?

Pinchot's ideas inspired government policy that forests be protected for public use

Why did Progressives leave the Republican Party to form their own party?

Progressives sided with Teddy Roosevelt when he disagreed with William Howard Taft over the trust busting issue

How does Teddy Roosevelt's early political career reflect his ideas on the role of government?

Roosevelt was interested in fighting corruption and reforming government

What was one important way that William Howard Taft's policies differed from Theodore Roosevelt's?

Taft appointed a cabinet official who opposed Roosevelt's conservation policies

Why did Theodore Roosevelt speak about a New Nationalism and decide to run for President against William Howard Taft?

Taft supported the "rule of reason", which relaxed the hard line set by the Sherman Antitrust Act

How did Theodore Roosevelt change the government's role in the food industry?

urged the passage of a law to provide federal inspectors to meat-processing plants

Whose advice was Theodore Roosevelt taking when he set aside 100 million acres as federal forests?

John Muir's

How did the Hepburn Act change the government's role in industry?

The act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs

What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drug Act?

The act regulated the safety, labeling, and interstate shipment of food and medicines.

How did the National Reclamation Act affect the government?

Water management projects created huge reservoirs and lakes where there had been dry canyons.