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Teddy Roosevelt is often considered the first "modern" President based on his significant changes in expanding the power of the executive branch. He became president not by election, but by succeeding to the office after President McKinley was assassinated. His influence on the executive branch heavily impacted the nature of presidency and affected the nation through the drastic changes of the executive branch. -
The coal strike was known as a stoppage of work by coal miners. The most famous one was the Anthracite Coal Strike Pennsylvania, which was a protest against the poor working conditions, low pay, and lack of union recognition. The coal strike ultimately impacted economic conditions and caused damage to mining communities. Overall, this affected them negatively but it also led to long term improvements and better labor relations for the future. -
This was a federal law that used revenue from public land sales in the western US to fund irrigation projects. The main goal of this act was to convert arid land into productive farmland by capturing and storing water. The main impact was to allow the arid lands of the West to become habitable for agriculture. -
The Elkin's Act was a US law that outlawed the practice of giving rebates to large shippers, also making prices in the railroad industry unfair. This act significantly changed the railroad regulations by outlawing rebates. These effects allowed for stronger mechanisms to help protect railroad prices and also weakened the power of large corporations. -
This was a US law that established a federal overview of the meat packing industry, to ensure there were sanitary precautions being taken. This was also to make sure that customer satisfaction was maintaining a safe level. The causes that occurred were concerns about the safety of their meat, and caused public outrage over unsanitary conditions. The effects resulted in federal oversight of meatpacking and even post slaughter inspection. -
Passage Of Pure Food and Drug Act was signed into law by Teddy Roosevelt, prohibiting the interstate sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs. This ultimately prevented the beginning of dangerous being put into ingredients and food and medicines. This was caused by public outrage over unsanitary practices in the food and drugs industry. This impacted the banning of mislabeled products and requiring truthful labeling. -
Teddy Roosevelt left office because he had already served two terms and was honoring a campaign to not serve a third. Shortly after, William Taft was inaugurated and Teddy Roosevelt decided to take an 11 month visit to Africa. He did this expedition to complete a scientific lead for the Smithsonian institution. This impacted him as a president by removing himself from the political spotlight and pursuing his lifelong passion for nature.