AMH2020 B001 June 27th Chapter 28 Theodore Roosevelt Presidency 1901 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Secretary of the Navy He resigned his post and organized a group of volunteers to help with the Cuban war Rough Riders group of cowboys outlaws athletes Ivy leaguers and cattlemen that T R knew from out West o Charged in and took over T R became a hero and was elected governor of NY o He would get nominated as V P to get rid of him under McKinley vs William Jennings Bryan o Then became president Square Deal Labor corp and the general public Get that by controlling labor corporations and the general public by using control of corp consumer protection and conservation of natural resources Settled 1902 Pennsylvania Coal Strike by threatening to seize mines and operate them with Federal Troops Urged Congress to create Department of Commerce and Labor Established the Bureau of Corporations as additional arm to His Presidency Labor President Cabinet Corporations Secured passage of the Elkins Act 1903 o Imposed heavy fines on railroad that gave rebates and shippers that accepted them Secured Hepburn Act 1906 o Restricted free passes Expanded Interstate Commerce Commission ICC Anti Trust Suits o Northern Securities dissolved o 1905 Beef Trust declared illegal by Supreme Court o Filed some 40 suits against Sugar Fertilizer Harvester and other Trusts Consumer Appointed special commission to investigate the Meat Industry Induced Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Encouraged passage of Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 Secured Congressional Passage of the Newlands Act of 1902 o Money collection from sale of western public lands o Development of irrigation projects o Set aside 125 million acres as Nationally Protected Forests Developed Multiple Use Resource Management Policy o Combining recreation logging watershed protection summer o Fought greedy commercial interests that abused nature and stock grazing on same land romantic preservationists Secured Passage of Aldrich Vreeland Act 1908 o Authorized national banks to issue emergency currency backed by various kinds of collateral Greatly enlarged power and prestige of the Presidency Helped shape the Progressive Movement and paved the way for future liberal reform campaigns Encouraged Americans to think internationally as a World Power with responsibilities toward other nations Legacy
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