abeka history 11 section 21.2

theodore roosevelt

suddenly became president after McKinley’s assassination; served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

theodore roosevelt

youngest man to become a president

robert m. la follette

“Fighting Bob” because of his fight for good government

progressive era

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the ________ ____ is considered to have begun with Roosevelt’s presidency (1901)

• roosevelt

• taft

• wilson

list the progressive presidents

• standard oil co.

• american tobacco co.

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most important businesses broken up by the Supreme Court were ________ _____ ___. and the ________ _______ ___.

expedition act

facilitated antitrust cases in federal courts

trust buster

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Roosevelt was known as the ______ _______ for breaking up large trusts that he believed were harmful to Americans

department of commerce and labor

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laws that regulated business during Roosevelt’s Administration: Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, and the law that established a ________ ____ _______ ____ _______

united mine workers

went on strike for shorter work days and increase in pay (led by John Mitchell)

panic of 1907

cause by a sharp drop in stock prices on Wall Street during Roosevelt’s administration

lincoln steffens

wrote Shame of the Cities to condemn corrupt city politics

ida tarbell

History of the Standard Oil Companies attacking practices followed by big businesses

upton sinclair

Author of The Jungle exposing the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry

meat inspection act

granted the power to inspect shipped meat

pure food and drug act

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Congress passed the _____ ______ ___ _____ ____ as a result to prevent the manufacture and sale of contaminated food and drugs

muckrakers

journalists who focused on all the problems and issues in society

conservation

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Because of Roosevelt’s love of the outdoors, he worked to promote ___________ (Gifford Pinchot would assist him)

roosevelt dam

Arizona’s Salt River

150 million

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Roosevelt added about ____ ______ acres to the national forest reserve