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the "square deal"
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Teddy Roosevelt’s primary idea was the square deal in 1903 and it outlined his thoughts. He wanted certain rules changed so that everyone would have equality. He wanted to help the poor people. Not the ones that were poor because they were lazy, but the ones that worked hard all day and were still poor because he thought that it wasn’t fair. A few people and groups that he wanted to help were the unions and factory workers because they would work hard and get paid very little. The farmers were ripped off by the railroads and the unions were ripped off by there owners.
Teddy Roosevelt generally wanted to change stuff. He felt that he had to help his country out because he was the president.
Teddy and the Square Deal fits in the Progressive Era because it was helping the government, states, and the country. The Square Deal helped people because it caused trust busting, pure food and drug act, federal arbitration, protecting wealth, and conservation and natural resources. Trust busting was when Roosevelt sued big company’s and big them into little ones. The pure food and drug act stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medications, and called for truth labeling.The Square Deal was important because it changed history. It saved our country from going down the drain. We wouldn’t be living such a good life if it wasn’t for the square deal. Back then some people saw the changes that Teddy made as a bad thing, but it was a long term good thing.
Cited: SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Cited: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/theodore-roosevelts-square-deal.html
Cited: "The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Teddy Roosevelt generally wanted to change stuff. He felt that he had to help his country out because he was the president.
Teddy and the Square Deal fits in the Progressive Era because it was helping the government, states, and the country. The Square Deal helped people because it caused trust busting, pure food and drug act, federal arbitration, protecting wealth, and conservation and natural resources. Trust busting was when Roosevelt sued big company’s and big them into little ones. The pure food and drug act stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medications, and called for truth labeling.The Square Deal was important because it changed history. It saved our country from going down the drain. We wouldn’t be living such a good life if it wasn’t for the square deal. Back then some people saw the changes that Teddy made as a bad thing, but it was a long term good thing.
Cited: SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Cited: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/theodore-roosevelts-square-deal.html
Cited: "The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Roosevelt's land conservation
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In the mid to late 19th century, natural resources were heavily exploited, especially in the West. Land speculators and developers took over large tracts of forests and grazing land. Acreage important to waterpower was seized by private concerns. Mining companies practiced improper and wasteful mining practices. Assuming a seemingly inexhaustible supply of natural resources, Americans developed a "tradition of waste."
Alarmed by the public's attitude toward natural resources as well as the exploitation of natural resources for private gain, conservationists called for federal supervision of the nation's resources and the preservation of those resources for future generations. In President Theodore Roosevelt, the conservationists found a sympathetic ear and man of action. Conservation of the nation's resources, putting an end to wasteful uses of raw materials, and the reclamation of large areas of neglected land have been identified as some of the major achievements of the Roosevelt era.
President Roosevelt's concern for the environment was influenced by American naturalists, such as John Muir, and by his own political appointees, including Gifford Pinchot, Chief of Forestry. Working in concert with many individuals and organizations, the Roosevelt administration was responsible for the following: the Newlands Act of 1902, which funded irrigation projects from the proceeds of the sale of federal lands in the West; the appointment of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907 to study the relation of rivers, soil, forest, waterpower development, and water transportation; and the National Conservation Commission of 1909, which was charged with drawing up long-range plans for preserving national resources. Along with a vocal group of conservationists, the Roosevelt administration created an environmental conservation movement whose words and actions continue to be heard and felt throughout the nation today.
Cited: Roosevelt, National Parks and Monuments Established by Theodore. National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Cited: N.p., n.d. Web.
Cited: Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha, This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (1993)
Alarmed by the public's attitude toward natural resources as well as the exploitation of natural resources for private gain, conservationists called for federal supervision of the nation's resources and the preservation of those resources for future generations. In President Theodore Roosevelt, the conservationists found a sympathetic ear and man of action. Conservation of the nation's resources, putting an end to wasteful uses of raw materials, and the reclamation of large areas of neglected land have been identified as some of the major achievements of the Roosevelt era.
President Roosevelt's concern for the environment was influenced by American naturalists, such as John Muir, and by his own political appointees, including Gifford Pinchot, Chief of Forestry. Working in concert with many individuals and organizations, the Roosevelt administration was responsible for the following: the Newlands Act of 1902, which funded irrigation projects from the proceeds of the sale of federal lands in the West; the appointment of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907 to study the relation of rivers, soil, forest, waterpower development, and water transportation; and the National Conservation Commission of 1909, which was charged with drawing up long-range plans for preserving national resources. Along with a vocal group of conservationists, the Roosevelt administration created an environmental conservation movement whose words and actions continue to be heard and felt throughout the nation today.
Cited: Roosevelt, National Parks and Monuments Established by Theodore. National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
Cited: N.p., n.d. Web.
Cited: Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha, This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (1993)