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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlOLyMwnjU. Teddy Roosevelt. Progressive President Rough Rider Governor of NY and Vice President Trust Buster Outdoors man. Teddy becomes President.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlOLyMwnjU Teddy Roosevelt Progressive President Rough Rider Governor of NY and Vice President Trust Buster Outdoors man
Teddy becomes President • 1900 McKinley was elected President. In 1901 at the Pan American Expo in Buffalo NY he was shot and killed • VP Teddy Roosevelt is the youngest President in US history at the age of 42.
Square Deal • 1. Consumer Progressivism • After reading The Jungle he helps to pass the Meat Inspection act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 • 2. Protection of the People • Roosevelt threatens to get involved if any strike threatens the whole nation!
Square Deal • 3. Trust Busting 80% of the Nation’s industries were controlled by trusts. • Teddy resurrects the Sherman –Anti trust Act of 1890 and applies it to BAD trusts!! • He did believe some trusts were of value to the country’s economic power
Legacy of Presidency • Expands the power of both the State and National Government