front 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT (TR) | back 1 26TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. TOOK OVER AFTER MCKINLEY WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1901. |
front 2 BULLY PULPIT | back 2 MEANS THE PRESIDENT CAN SPEAK FOR THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, DEFINING NATIONAL GOALS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. |
front 3 SQUARE DEAL | back 3 TR'S PROGRAM ΤΟ WORK FOR THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. |
front 4 TRUSTS | back 4 A GROUP OF COMPANIES WHOSE STOCK IS CONTROLLED BY A CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
front 5 TRUST-BUSTING | back 5 TERM FOR TR'S BREAKING UP OF TRUSTS. |
front 6 COAL STRIKE OF 1902 | back 6 TR HELPED SETTLE THE STRIKE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT SHOWED CONCERN FOR THE DEMANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST FOR THE RICH BUSINESS OWNERS. |
front 7 MEAT INSPECTION ACT OF 1906 | back 7 THIS LAW WAS PASSED BECAUSE OF AN EXPOSE ON THE FILTHY CONDITIONS IN THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY EXPOSED IN THE BOOK THE JUNGLE SETTING UP A PROGRAM OF FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTIONS. |
front 8 PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT | back 8 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD BANNING BADLY PREPARED FOODS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS. |
front 9 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT | back 9 THE MAN TR PICKED TO REPLACE HIM IN THE 1908 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, HE WON EASILY. |
front 10 NEW NATIONALISM | back 10 TR'S NEW PHILOSOPHY WAS FAR MORE LIBERAL AND PRO REFORM THEN THE OLD SQUARE DEAL. HE WANTED MORE SAFETY AND WELFARE LAWS, MORE TAXATION OF BUSINESS, AND MORE REGULATION OF LARGE CORPORATIONS. |
front 11 BULL MOOSE PARTY | back 11 TR AND HIS SUPPORTERS STARTED THIS NEW PARTY AND RAN TR FOR PRESIDENT IN 1912 AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN TAFT, AND THE DEMOCRAT WILSON |
front 12 WOODROW WILSON | back 12 28TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S., HAD BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT. |
front 13 CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT | back 13 1914, LAW AGAINST MONOPOLIES, SPELLED OUT IN CLEAR TERMS WHAT CORPORATIONS COULD NOT DO. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION GAINED THE POWER TO REGULATE TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, CABLE AND WIRELESS (RADIO) COMPANIES |
front 14 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF 1912 | back 14 TR, WHO WAS UNHAPPY WITH TAFT'S CONSERVATISM, DECIDED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, BUT THE REPUBLICANS CHOOSE TAFT. |
front 15 UNDERWOOD TARIFF | back 15 1913, FIRST TARIFF SINCE THE CIVIL WAR THAT LOWERED TARIFF DUTIES TO MAKE GOODS CHEAPER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
front 16 FEDERAL RESERVE ACT | back 16 1913, A A THREE LEVEL FEDERAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMY AND CONTROL THE MONEY SUPPLY, STILL IMPORTANT TODAY. |
front 17 BITTER CRY OF THE CHILDREN | back 17 1906 BOOK BY JOHN SPARGO THAT TOLD OF THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS FACED BY CHILD LABOR, FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF CHILD LABOR WOULD NOT COME UNTIL THE 1930'S. |
front 18 BLACK MIGRATION TO THE NORTH | back 18 MANY BLACKS FLED THE DISCRIMINATION OF THE SOUTH TO FIND BETTER LIVES IN THE NORTHERN CITIES. |
front 19 NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE | back 19 FOUNDED IN 1910, IT HELPED BLACKS WORK FOR GOOD JOBS AND FAIR HOUSING. |
front 20 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON | back 20 AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADER OF THE LATE 1800'S, WHO WANTED BLACKS TO CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING TRADES ONCE HAVING SKILLS AND JOBS SOCIAL EQUALITY WOULD COME. |
front 21 W.E.B. DU BOIS | back 21 BLACK HARVARD PROFESSOR WHO DISAGREED WITH BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, WHO WANTED BLACKS TO FIGHT TO OVERCOME DISCRIMINATION. |
front 22 BROWNSVILLE | back 22 IN TEXAS IN 1906, SOME BLACK SOLDIERS WERE INVOLVED IN A RIOT AND TR KICKED THE WHOLE UNIT OUT OF THE ARMY WITHOUT AN INVESTIGATION. |
front 23 TAFT VIEW'S ON BLACKS | back 23 PRESIDENT TAFT TOLD BLACKS THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF THEY WERE UNHAPPY. |
front 24 WILSON' VIEWS ON BLACKS | back 24 HE INTRODUCED SEGREGATION INTO THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE. |
front 25 CONSERVATION | back 25 THE PRESERVATION RESOURCES (FORESTS, UNINHABITED AREAS). RIVERS, AND WISE USE OF NATURAL LAKES, MINERALS, ANIMALS |
front 26 CARL SCHURZ | back 26 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IN THE 1870'S OPPOSED THE CUTTING OF TREES ON FEDERAL LAND, EARLY CONSERVATIONISTS |
front 27 WASTING NATURAL RESOURCES | back 27 AMERICAN BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGING AND WASTING AMERICA'S RESOURCES, THE GOVERNMENT WAS MORE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENT THAN CONSERVATION AND ALLOWED MILLIONS OF ACRES TO BE DEVASTATED BY SELFISH BUSINESSMEN. |
front 28 JOHN MUIR | back 28 FAMOUS CONSERVATIONIST AND FRIEND OF TR'S WHO WANTED LANDS PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT COMPLETELY. |
front 29 YELLOWSTONE | back 29 WORLD'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK FOUNDED IN 1872. |
front 30 TR ON CONSERVATION | back 30 HE MADE CONSERVATION A NATIONAL ISSUE MAKING ALL THE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE EVENTUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. |
front 31 ANTIQUITIES ACT | back 31 ALLOWED A PRESIDENT TO SET LANDMARKS OF GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AS NATIONAL MONUMENTS. |
front 32 NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT | back 32 1902, MONEY FROM THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT LAND COULD BE USED TO BUILD DAMS AND OTHER IRRIGATION PROJECTS |
front 33 NATIONAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION | back 33 TR SET THIS UP TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNORS OF ALL STATES TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN THEIR OWN STATES. |
front 34 BALLINGER-PINCHOT CONTROVERSY | back 34 THIS SOURED RELATIONS BETWEEN TR AND TAFT AND CONSERVATIONISTS, PINCHOT BELIEVED THAT BALLINGER WAS AN ENEMY OF CONSERVATION. |
front 35 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE | back 35 CREATED BY WILSON TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE THE NATIONS FEDERAL PARKS |
front 36 NAACP | back 36 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, FOUNDED IN 1909, BLACK GROUP ORGANIZED TO GET BLACK PEOPLE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AS U.S. CITIZENS. |
front 37 GIFFORD PINCHOT | back 37 A LEADING CONSERVATIONIST WHO TRIED TO TEACH LUMBER COMPANIES HOW TO HARVEST TREES WITHOUT DESTROYING THE FOREST. |
front 38 SIERRA CLUB | back 38 CONSERVATIONIST ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY JOHN MUIR IN 1892 THAT IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY IN PRESERVING AMERICA'S NATURAL HERITAGE. |
front 39 ELECTION OF 1912 | back 39 THRE WERE FOUR CANDIDATES, THE DEMOCRAT WILSON WON AND THE DEMOCRATS ALSO WON CONTROL OF CONGRESS |
front 40 FEDERAL TRADE COMISSION | back 40 GOVERNMENT AGENCY DESIGNED TO HALT UNFAIR PRACTICES BY BUSINESSES |