Thursday, October 8, 2009

TR's Square Deal labels:

1. How did Roosevelt create the modern presidency?
He attacked the industries, none of the other presidents did that, he was the first one to make people see and listen to the power he had.

2. How did Roosevelt's intervention in a coal strike set a precedent for federal arbitration?
By telling the owners of the coal factories to negoiate with the workers or he would send the army in to take over it was a big shock for them! no president have ever done this before! so he set the footsteps for the government to start to take over the rules of industries etc.

3. What did Roosevelt do to the trusts and railroads?
The trusts and railroads were put into the control of the government.

4. What legislation passed during Roosevelt's presidency protected citizens?
The meat, and drug act. this act protected the everyday people by helping them watch what they eat (not in a getting fat way) but in a i will keep you healthy way.

5. What did Roosevelt do to protect the environment?
Roosevelt set up preservation lands to keep people from distrubting the land, he set aside national parks such as the grand caynon, and yellowstone. Roosevelt also set up dams along the biggest regions, The hoover dam.

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