Ch 9, Sec 3Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal

Part A

1. Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, The Jungle, resonated with the public in its description of horrible sanitation conditions in what industry?

• The Meatpacking Industry

2. What particularly prominent American was sickened by Sinclair’s The Jungle?• President Theodore Roosevelt, whose years in

the White House were from 1901 to 1909

3. Theodore Roosevelt had been governor of what state?• New York

4. When did Teddy Roosevelt become Vice President?• In 1901, after having been elected V.P. in the

Election of 1900

5. What happened to President William McKinley early in his second presidential term in 1901?• He was assassinated.

6. As such, who became President after McKinley’s death?• Theodore Roosevelt, the very new Vice

President and recent Governor of New York

7. Born in 1858, what was particularly unique about Teddy Roosevelt becoming President in 1901?• He was 42, and was the youngest man to become

President• In 1960, John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to

be ELECTED President (43 years of age), but Teddy Roosevelt was slightly younger when he ascended to the presidency.

• Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were both elected to the presidency in their 40s as well

8. As a child, Teddy Roosevelt grew up wealthy but what?• Sickly

9. But as a young man, Teddy Roosevelt placed a great emphasis on being what?• Physically fit and active• Adventurous

10. Teddy Roosevelt was a member of what political party?• Republican

11. In terms of is outlook on the role of government, Teddy Roosevelt believed that the federal government had a responsibility to do what?• Look out for the national welfare

12. What is a Teddy Roosevelt quotation that gives insight into his philosophy of government?• “It is the duty of the president to act upon the

theory that he is the steward of the people, and…to assume that he has the legal right to do whatever the needs of the people demand, unless the Constitution or the laws explicitly forbid him to do it.”

13. How did Teddy Roosevelt use the presidency as a bully pulpit?• He sought to influence the news media

(newspapers for the most part) to shape public opinion and the legislative process (law-making).

14. What was Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal?• A general approach to government policy that

would ensure that the common man was treated fairly, particularly by Big Business