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| youngest president in the US history. He ended presidential isolation and denounced lynching and order justice department to act against peonage but believed in black inferiority |
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| a forum of ideas and leadership for the nation name for Roosevelt’s presidency |
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| Roosevelt tried to build biracial southern Republican Party, but it failed |
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| Roosevelt pledged to protect good trusts and control the bad ones |
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| Feb. 14, 1902 the justice department brought a suit against Northern Securities Company for the violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
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| it was controlled by the Northern Securities Company and was outraged at the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
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| Roosevelt took stand on labor and his action in the coal miners strike were a square deal, because they were fair because he invited both sides to the white House to discuss the issue. |
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| The Interstate Commerce Commission |
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| (ICC) to set reasonable and non-discriminatory rates and to prevent inequitable practices |
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| 1906, it described the filthy conditions of the meatpacking houses in graphic terms enough to send people reeling from their dinner table. |
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| As president, Roosevelt made this principle one of his administrations top goals. Conservation in his view aimed at protecting the Nation’s natural resources, but called for the wise use of them rather than locking them away |
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| Rosevelt turned his White House to him and he defeated the democratic standard bearer, William Bryan. A conservative Republican and presidency was not happy. |
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| Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy |
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| obscured Taft’s important contributions to conservation. He won from Congress the power to remove lands form sale, and he used it to conserve more land than Roosevelt did. Still, this controversy ruined up his reputation with conservation |
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| Created by Taft, to investigate and report on infant mortality, birth rates, orphanages, juvenile courts, and other social issues of that time. |
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| Also known as the Bull Moose party, this political party was formed by Roosevelt in an attempt to advance progressive ideas and unseat President Taft in 1912 |
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| Nickname for Progressive Party |
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| Roosevelt’s program in his campaign for presidency in 1912, the New Nationalism called for a national approach to country’s affairs and a strong president to deal with them. It also called for efficiency in govt. and society; urged protection of children, women, and workers; accepted “good” trusts; and exalted the expert and executive. Additionally, it encouraged large concentrations of capital and labor. |
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| Woodrow Wilson’s program in his campaign for the presidency of 1912, the new freedom emphasized business competition and small govt. It sought to rein in federal authority, release individual energy, and restore competition. It echoed many of the progressive social-justice objectives while pushing for a free rather than planned economy |
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| Democratic nomination for the election of 1912 who supported New Freedom. He won the election |
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