8.4 ROOSEVELT’S
SQUARE DEAL
OBJECTIVES
Discuss Roosevelt’s ideas on the role
of government
Analyze how Roosevelt changed the
government’s role in the economy
Explain the impact of Roosevelt’s
actions on natural resources
Compare and contrast Taft’s policies
with Roosevelt’s
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (TR)
1901-becomes president
Harvard grad
Loved the wilderness
NY-fought corruption
Rough Riders
VP for McKinley
Square Deal
TRUSTBUSTING AND REGULATING INDUSTRY
1902 coal strike-TR helped the workers
Hepburn Act-gave gov. authority to set
and limit shipping costs
Enforces Sherman Antitrust act
Regulate food and drug industries
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug
GOVERNMENT MANAGES ENVIRONMENT
Preserved national forests
Gifford Pinchot: preserve forests to make
homes from lumber
Water
National Reclamation Act
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
Helped Taft win presidency
Expected him to keep on with policies
Taft’s own course
Passed many different acts that
overturned TR’s policies
TR proposed New Nationalism