Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency

  • In his second presidency, he started the National Progressive Party

  • Progressivism emerged to create reforms

  • implemented the square deal

    • Corporate regulation

    • Consumer protection

    • Conservations of natural resources

    • supported workers rights

    • both labour and capital must be treated fairly

  • Threatened to call army on mine owners if didn’t give workers fairness

  • Elkins Act and Hepburn Act helped stop railroads offering preferential treatment