Theodore Roosevelt was a progressive president who believed the president should use the bully pulpit to push new laws and influence public opinion. He broke up trusts and monopolies, ended a major coal strike, and passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act to regulate the food and drug industries. Roosevelt also established more national parks and preserved wilderness areas on the advice of conservationist John Muir. However, he did not actively push for civil rights reforms.

1. Unit 7- The Progressive Era

3.  I. President Theodore Roosevelt- considered a
rough riding President
 Very active outdoorsman

4.  A. Square Deal- His progressive reforms
focused on common people getting fair
treatment from business
 Bully Pulpit- His idea that the Pres should
influence the media and push new laws

5.  II. Roosevelt uses Federal Power
 A. Trustbusting- He broke up several major
trusts and monopolies
 B. 1902 Coal Strike- Roosevelt stopped a huge
potential strike by the miner’s union

6.  III. Health and the Environment
 A. After reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle,
he passed:
 1. Meat Inspection Act- Cleanliness
requirements and meat inspections
 2. Pure Food and Drug Act- Labeling
requirements for food and drugs

7.  B. Conservation- Wilderness should be
preserved as parks
 - John Muir- Writer and preservationist,
convinced Roosevelt to establish more parks

8.  IV. Roosevelt and Civil Rights
 He did not push for Civil Rights
 NAACP- National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, established
in 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois