2. Promised the
American people a
“Square Deal”
◦ Promise to keep the
wealthy and powerful
from taking
advantage of small
business owners and
the poor
3. Filed anti-trust
lawsuits
Elkins Act
Hepburn Act
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug
Act
4. Arbitration in
Pennsylvania United
Mine Workers strike
5. Withdrew public
land from sale
Created national
parks
Newlands
Reclamation Act
National
Conservation
Commission
6. Was Roosevelt’s
Secretary of War
Expected to carry
on many of Teddy
Roosevelt’s reforms
Set his own agenda
7. Filed twice as many
anti-trust suits
(than T. Roosevelt)
Mann-Elkins Act
Payne Aldrich Tariff
8. Department of
Labor
Mine safety laws
8 hour workday for
Railroad workers
9. Restored Alaska
land to the U.S.
Forest Service
10. President of
Harvard
Took advantage of
split in Republican
party
Promised New
Freedom – place
strict controls on
businesses
11. Underwood Tariff
Act
Federal Reserve Act
Clayton Anti-Trust
Act
Federal Trade
Commission
12. Federal Farm Loan
Act
Adamson Act
Federal Workmen’s
Compensation Act
Keating-Owen
Child Labor Act
