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Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Reforms and Expansion of Presidential Power

Explore Theodore Roosevelt's presidency and his progressive reforms, which expanded the power of the presidency and changed Americans' views on the role of government. Roosevelt's Square Deal program promised fairness and honesty, while his trust-busting efforts and support for consumer protection were significant. Additionally, his commitment to conservation and resource preservation shaped his policies.

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Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Reforms and Expansion of Presidential Power

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  1. Chapter 17Section 4 Theodore Roosevelt’s Administration

  2. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt takes Office • President William McKinley is assassinated • At age 43 T.R. becomes the youngest president of the US

  3. What did Roosevelt think government should do for citizens? • After a number of weak and ineffective Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt was a charismatic figure who ushered in a new era. • Roosevelt passed Progressive reforms, expanded the powers of the presidency, and changed how Americans viewed the roles of the President and the government.

  4. Roosevelt greatly expanded the power of the presidency by pushing through reforms. • His Square Deal program promised fairness and honesty from government. • He used the power of the federal government on behalf of workers and the people.

  5. Roosevelt using “anti-trust soap” to clean an eagle. • Roosevelt was known as a trustbuster.He used the Sherman Antitrust Actto • file suits againstwhat he saw as“bad” trusts, those that bullied small businesses orcheated consumers.

  6. Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)tests and monitors the safety of food and medicine. • Roosevelt backed Progressive goals of protecting consumers by making the federal government responsible for food safety. • The Meat Inspection Act provided for federal inspections and monitoring of meat plants. • The Pure Food and Drug Act banned the interstate shipments of impure or mislabeled food or medicine.

  7. Roosevelt had a deep reverence for nature, which shaped his policies. • As a Progressive, Roosevelt supported Gifford Pinchot’s philosophy on the preservation of resources. • Pinchot coined the term “conservation” • Pinchot felt that resources should be managed and preserved for public use.

  8. Roosevelt closed off more than 100 million acres of forestland.

  9. William Howard Taft

  10. Taft did not share Roosevelt’s views on trusts, but this was not the only area in which they disagreed. • Taft believed that a monopoly was acceptable as long as it didn’t unreasonably squeeze out smaller companies. • When Taft fired Gifford Pinchotand overturned an earlier antitrust decision, Roosevelt angrily decided to oppose Taft and ran for president again.

  11. New Nationalism • T.R.’s Trust-busting program • Roosevelt’s candidacy split the Republican Party, which nominated Taft. • Roosevelt then accepted the nomination of the Progressive Partysetting up a three-way race for the presidency in 1912.

  12. Woodrow Wilson

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