3. Roosevelt was a “trustbuster”
o Sued companies like Standard Oil under
the Sherman Antitrust Law
oWanted to regulate the railroads to
charge fair prices to all
o Helped labor and owners negotiate
instead of just siding with big business
as many before him had done
4. o TR was disgusted by “The Jungle”
o Pure Food and Drug Act – required
truthful labels’
o Meat Inspection Act – allowed officials to
check the quality of meats shipped
across state lines
5. Believed in conservation and
preservation of the environment
Created 149 national forests
saving 190,000 acres of land
including Yosimite national park
and the Grand Canyon.
6.
7. TR encouraged African Americans
to accept discrimination and
believed that civil rights would
eventually happen and everyone
needed to be patient and just wait.
Invited Booker T. Washington to the
White House in 1901. Many white
southerners disapproved of this.
