1. Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson

2.  Promised the
American people a
“Square Deal”
◦ Promise to keep the
wealthy and powerful
from taking
advantage of small
business owners and
the poor

3.  Filed anti-trust
lawsuits
 Elkins Act
 Hepburn Act
 Meat Inspection Act
 Pure Food and Drug
Act

4.  Arbitration in
Pennsylvania United
Mine Workers strike

5.  Withdrew public
land from sale
 Created national
parks
 Newlands
Reclamation Act
 National
Conservation
Commission

6.  Was Roosevelt’s
Secretary of War
 Expected to carry
on many of Teddy
Roosevelt’s reforms
 Set his own agenda

7.  Filed twice as many
anti-trust suits
(than T. Roosevelt)
 Mann-Elkins Act
 Payne Aldrich Tariff

8.  Department of
Labor
 Mine safety laws
 8 hour workday for
Railroad workers

9.  Restored Alaska
land to the U.S.
Forest Service

10.  President of
Harvard
 Took advantage of
split in Republican
party
 Promised New
Freedom – place
strict controls on
businesses

11.  Underwood Tariff
Act
 Federal Reserve Act
 Clayton Anti-Trust
Act
 Federal Trade
Commission

12.  Federal Farm Loan
Act
 Adamson Act
 Federal Workmen’s
Compensation Act
 Keating-Owen
Child Labor Act