Teddy Roosevelt: Terms and Legislation
Important terms/legislation passed during Teddy Roosevelt's terms as President.
Terms
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- initiative
- allowed voters to propose a law without the legislature
- Hepburn Act
- (1906) allowed ICC to regulate shipping prices of railroads [pro farmer]
- Progressive Era
- (1901 -1917)began with the swearing in of TR and lasted until the beginning of American involvement in WWI
- 17th Amendment
- added initiative, referendum, and recall to the Constitution
- "The Jungle"
- by Sinclair; exposed horrible conditions of the meat packing industry; in response, TR passed the Pure Food and Drug Act an the Meat Inspection Act in 1906
- recall
- allowed voters to remove an elector official from office through the ballot
- Jacob Riis
- HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
- TR and conservation
- created national parks and the National Conservation Commission
- muckrakers
- journalists and authors who sought to expose the corruption of American society
- Lincoln Steffens
- THE SHAME OF THE CITIES; exposed corruption/greed of political machines
- Square Deal
- Name of TD's programs of reform. Focused on busting trusts, gov't regulation of big biz, fair chance for labor, and environmental conservation
- Elkins Act
- (1903) gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power to control railroads from giving preferences to certain customers
- referendum
- method by which voter-proposed laws were put on the ballot
- Ida Tarbell
- wrote THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY; exposed Rockefeller's dirty business tactics
- Robert LaFollette
- Governor of Wisconsin, wanted his state to be a model Progressive for the rest of the country. Started the Wisconsin Experiment