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•At 42, the youngest At 42, the youngest President ever.President ever.
•A man of privilege – A man of privilege – supports the common supports the common man.man.
•The first “modern The first “modern president.”president.”
““In life, as in In life, as in football, the football, the principle to principle to
follow is: Hit follow is: Hit the line hard”the line hard”
TEDDY ROOSEVELTTEDDY ROOSEVELT
““The Steward of the people”The Steward of the people”
““The pen The pen (again) is (again) is mightier mightier than the than the sword”sword”
,
Quote from the book about the unsanitary conditions in the slaughterhouses
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29:08 to 29:56
From Upton Sinclair’s From Upton Sinclair’s The JungleThe Jungle
““There would be meat that had There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt
and sawdust, where the workers had and sawdust, where the workers had trampled and spit uncounted billions trampled and spit uncounted billions
of germs. There would be meat stored of germs. There would be meat stored in rooms and thousands of rats would in rooms and thousands of rats would
race about it..A man could run his race about it..A man could run his hand over these piles of meat and hand over these piles of meat and sweep handfuls of dried rat dung. sweep handfuls of dried rat dung.
These rats were nuisances, and These rats were nuisances, and packers would put poisoned bread out packers would put poisoned bread out for them; they would die, and then the for them; they would die, and then the
rats, bread, and meat would go into rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together…the hoppers together…
In 1906 Sinclair’s novel The Jungle drew outrage against the Chicago meatpacking industry for its arrogant
disregard of basic health standards. This led to government regulation of food and drugs.
International outrage International outrage over over The JungleThe Jungle
• What impact did the Jungle have on the What impact did the Jungle have on the American people?American people?
• The power “of one paragraph”- ExplainThe power “of one paragraph”- Explain.
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Compare and contrast the early 20th and 21st centuries in terms
of life for immigrants within the U.S. and within the meatpacking industry.Consider:
ethnic groups wages hours turnover
Compare and contrast the early 20th and 21st centuries in terms
of the working environment of the meatpacking industry.
Inside the meatpacking industry todayInside the meatpacking industry today
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Teddy Roosevelt’s Reaction to Teddy Roosevelt’s Reaction to The JungleThe Jungle
Teddy Roosevelt’s Reaction to Teddy Roosevelt’s Reaction to The JungleThe Jungle
What impact did The Jungle have on TR and what action did he take to address the issue?
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(2:13:03 to 2:15:21)
Meat Inspection Act, Meat Inspection Act, 19061906
Pure Food and Drug Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, 19061906
Review Historical Themes:Review Historical Themes: “The pen is mightier than the sword”
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(2:30:13 to 2:30:47)
Expanding Presidential PowersExpanding Presidential Powers
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(3:16:42 to 3:18:27)
How did TR shape the office of the Presidency? How were TR’s environmental policies compare with other actions as president?
First President to take actions toward First President to take actions toward conservation of the environmentconservation of the environment
(Newlands Reclamation Act of (Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902)1902)
Fighting the lasting effects of Plessy vs. FergusonPlessy vs. Ferguson (1896) and Jim Crow laws
Founded Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute (1881) to train African Americans in
30 trades. Washington argued that equality would
be achieved not through campaigns of reforms, but when African Americans
gained education and vocational skills to become
valuable members of society.
Booker Booker TT. Washington. Washington
TR and Race RelationsTR and Race Relations
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Teddy RooseveltSept 3 program
What qualities did TR admire about Booker T. Washington?
What impact did Booker T. Washington’s visit to the White House have on race relations?
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Evaluate TR’s success oror failure on
each Progressive agenda item listed on
this note sheet
CONSERVATION
CONSUMER PROTECTION
RACE RELATIONS
