Ch 6.3 Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal Vocab

John Muir

(1838-1914) Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved in its natural state. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858-1919) Twenty-sixth president of the United States; he focused his efforts on trust busting, environmental conservation, and strong foreign policy

Gifford Pinchot

(1865-1946) Conservationist who was chief of the Forest Service. Under his leadership millions of acres of land were added to the national forests under his leadership

Upton Sinclair

(1878-1968) Novelist whose 1906 book, The Jungle, depicted the unsanitary conditions at a meatpacking plant. Public outcry from the book led to consumer-protection laws

Elkins Act

(1903) law passed by Congress which prohibited railroads from accepting rebates from their best customers

Hepburn Act

(1906) law that authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates and gave it the power to regulate other companies engaged in interstate commerce

Pure Food and Drug Act

(1906) law that forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food and patent medicine containing harmful ingredients, and required that containers of food and medicines carry ingredient labels

Meat Inspection Act

(1906) law that required federal government inspection of meat shipped across state lines

Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 campaign slogan; expressed his belief that the needs of workers, business, and consumers should be balanced, and called for limiting the power of trusts, promoting public health and safety, and improving working conditions

Newlands Reclamation Act

a coalition of conservative media commentators, think tanks, and grassroots Christian groups; many supported Ronald Reagan

Bully pulpit

a platform used to publicize and seek support for important issues