President Theodore Roosevelt in the Progressive Era

Hepburn Act

Enhanced the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate shipping rates on railroads

Northern Securities Company

a giant railroad combination created by a syndicate of wealthy industrialists and financiers led by J. P. Morgan

American Antiquities Act

allowed the president to protect historic landmarks, historic structures and objects of scientific or historic interest

Newlands Reclamation Act

encouraged people to buy very dry lands for cheap to build reservoirs and irrigation works to promote agriculture in the arid West

Why did President Roosevelt agree with Progressivism?

if government did not act, the people would turn to more extreme measures to seek remedies

President Roosevelt did want to DESTROY big businesses, but wanted to __ big business

regulate

President Roosevelt used the __ to influence public opinion of social issues

the media

President Roosevelt's Solution to the Coal Mine Strike

threatened to use troops to seize the mines and run them as a federal operation

Why did President Roosevelt believe in Conservation?

to change from exploiting natural resources to carefully managing them

Square Deal

worked to balance competing interests to create a fair deal for all sides: labor and management, consumer and business, developer and conservationist