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Roosevelt in Office
Presidents Up to This Point…. 1868-1876 Ulysses S. Grant
Spoils system 1876-1880 Rutherford B. Hayes
Tried to fix spoils system, but couldn’t so he quit after 1 term 1880 James A. Garfield
Wanted to create Civil Service Exam, but was shot and killed 1880 -1900
Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley
All have a very hard time making America more Progressive. 1900
McKinley Runs for re-election
Teddy Takes Office
September 6, 1901 President McKinley gets
shot at the Pan-Am Exposition Shot by unemployed
laborer
At 42, Teddy Roosevelt takes office. Youngest president up to
this point
Roosevelt’s Approach to the Oval Office During Gilded Age
Politicians took a “hands off” approach to government
Teddy changes that Believed in the “bully
pulpit”President has the right to speak out on issues
Teddy R. Reforms America
Arbitration Elkins Act Hepburn Act Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act
Practices of Food and Drug Companies 1900 Food companies
Scientists were adding substances to food to make it look healthy Formaldehyde was
added to old eggs to take away odor
Skim milk churned with spoiled butter to make it look new.
1900 Drug Companies Sold worthless medicines
that had drugs in them like Cocaine morphine
Protecting the Consumer
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Explosive novel that
depicted the unsanitary conditions of a meatpacking industry.
“We saw meat shoveled from filthy floors, piled on tables, and then packaged”
Protecting the Environment
1902 Roosevelt passes Newlands Reclamation Act Reclamation
The process of making damaged land productive again
QUICKWRITE
Which of Roosevelt’s reforms do you think was most vital (important) in transforming America? Explain your reasoning.