-
Teddy Roosevelt's Birth
Teddy was born in 1858. He suffered from astma as a young child. He drove himself to accomplish demanding physical feats. http://www.google.com/search?q=teddy+roosevelt+child&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=3WAYT-3KL8mpsAKU8cnGCw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1170&bih=653 -
Interstate Commerse Act
This act prohibited wealthy railroad owners from collunding to fix high prices by dividing the businesses in a given area. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Rail+roads&hl=en&biw=1170&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=SljY-FqahIFNuM:&imgrefurl=http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/scientific-american/Scientific-American-Reference-Book/Chapter-V-The-Railroads-Of-The-World.html&docid=b9D_89RaHplb4M&imgurl=http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/scientific-american/Scientific-American-Reference-Book/images/The-Railroads-Of-Th -
President Canidacy
In 1900 the presidential canidacy was held. A younger governor from New York was urged to run as McKinleys vice president. The plot to elect Roosevelt worked. -
Roosevelt Elected President
In 1901 Teddy Roosevelt was elected president. -
Newspaper Headlines Trustbusters
Roosevelt made a newspaper headlines as a trustbuser when he ordered the justice department to sue the northern securities companys. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=newspaper+headlines&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1170&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=IBTfQEL7KAGUrM:&imgrefurl=http://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-newspaper-articles&docid=LXQhpTgpJs0TNM&imgurl=http://www.titanicuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/titanic-new-york-american-coverage.jpg&w=1500&h=1000&ei=dGkYT-alFaSC -
Commission compromise settlement
The miners won a 10 percent pay hike and a shorter nine hour work day. but they had to give up their demand for a closed shop in which all workers must belong to to the union and their right to strike during the next three years. -
Civil Rights Confrence
Advocates of equality for African Americans held a civil rights confrence to resolve conflict between the races. -
Hepburn act, Meat inspection act....
Congress passed the Pure food and drug act. which halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and calle dfor truth in labeling.
The meat inspection act was passed so the meat packing industry would have laws to follow in order to make meat healthier.
The Hepburn Act strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes, acommon form of bribery. it also gave the ICC power to set maximum railraod states. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=meat+inspection+act&num=10&hl=en&client=safari& -
NAACP
The a number of African Americans joined with the prominent white reformers in New York to found the NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Full equality among races
This was the goal of the NAACP, but the goal found little support in the Progressive Movement which focoused on the needs of middle calss whites. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=naacp&num=10&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1170&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=jYyf9IiiPkOlmM:&imgrefurl=http://naacp-saltlakebranch.org/&docid=f7LWNvbz8HyuCM&imgurl=http://naacp-saltlakebranch.org/db3/00253/naacp-saltlakebranch.org/_uimages/NAACPlogoSEPT2006.jpg&w=2408&h=2350&ei=GmoYT4uuHOjJsQLH3bXWCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=625&v
