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Theodore Roosevelt handout
Conservation of Natural Resources
We have national parks due to his efforts-he realized the need to maintain land for the public good
Consumer Protection
Laws to control products we consume
Pure food and drug act
Controlling corporations-“trust busting”
How did Roosevelt become president?
He was McKinley’s vp-McKinley was shot
The party leaders felt Roosevelt was too radical-they made him vp to keep him quiet-they were not worried about
Roosevelt as vp and then becoming president, but McKinley gets shot, Roosevelt gets promoted to President driving
the members of his party crazy
He develops the “Square Deal” a very influential piece of domestic policy leads to FDRs New Deal
Theodore Roosevelt- A President’s Vision
Primary Source Worksheet
Para 1-everyone is equal, as long as they are good people
Para 2-a government for the poor, or rich would prove fatal-if only the rich or only the poor run the government,
that would prove fatal
The government should act on everyone’s behalfpolitical bosses have the money, and they have power that was against Roosevelt’s plan
para 3-we should not judge people base on what they do, or how they work, no one is less a member of our society
everyone is equal
“We must see that each is given a square deal……”
He does not enough for African Americans, immigrants, and Native Americans
Roosevelts an Intimate History Graphic Organizer