Do Now: What is a monopoly? Do you think its
ok for a company to have a monopoly on a
certain product?
Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) describe the major
achievements of Roosevelt's presidency (2) identify information
from primary sources and images
Homework:
18.2 Worksheet DUE TOMORROW
Test on Chapter 18 FRIDAY
Progressives going after Big Business
• What do you remember about big
businesses from USI?
• Should we break up big
companies? (Sherman Anti-Trust
Act 1890)
• Or should government just
regulate and keep an eye on
them? (Interstate Commerce
Commission – ICC 1887)
• Or socialism? (Government
should own and operate all
businesses)
Theodore “Teddy”
Roosevelt
Teddy Overview:
• Social Darwinist – Believed the US
was in competition with other
countries in the world
• Square Deal – “I shall see to it that
every man has a square deal, no less
and no more” (Progressive Ideals)
• Did not like when private interests
interfered with the interests of the
nation
• How could he believe in
Progressivism and Social
Darwinism?
“The New Nationalism” Speech
Teddy Roosevelt (1910)
• This was Teddy’s Progressive Philosophy (What he
believed in)
• Complete the worksheet with a partner or on your
own
Ticket to Leave
• What do you think was Teddy’s most important
point or message in his speech? Why?
Do Now: Grab a worksheet and
complete the ‘Do Now’ questions.
Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) describe the presidency of
Teddy Roosevelt (2) analyze a video for key information
1.
Homework:
Test FRIDAY Chapter 18
2. 18.3
Trusts – Kind of like monopolies…
• Competition in business is really
important. Why?
• Trusts – A combination of firms
or corporations formed by the
legal agreement
•  One group owning sales on all
of one product
• They tended to reduce
competition
Teddy – “Jack the Giant Killer”
• Believed that big business was good
for the country, but was concerned
with corruption
• E.H. Harriman (Union Pacific RR) vs.
James Hill and J.P. Morgan (Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
Railroads)
• Result: New company: Northern
Securities (TRUST)
• Teddy went after them citing the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act – They were
broken up
Coal Strikes of 1902
• Unions formed (What are
unions?)
• Coal workers went on strike 
Teddy upset with mine owners
• Arbitration – Neutral mediator
makes decision
• Owners refused  infuriated
Roosevelt
• Threatened to send military in to
run the mines
Bureau of Corporations
• By intervening in the dispute he
took the first step towards
federal government being a
powerful broker
• Bureau of Corporations –
Authority to investigate
corporations
• Investigated US Steel first
• Allowed him to regulate big
business without breaking it up
Make a list of major events of
Teddy’s Presidency
• History Channel Presidents Series: Teddy Roosevelt
Ticket to Leave
Ticket to Leave: Which of Roosevelt’s reforms or
actions was most important? Why?