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Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal

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President Theodore Roosevelt's Bully Pulpit

During a tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air, Theodore Roosevelt pushes the government to
shed its laissez-faire attitude toward robber barons, corrupt politicians, and corporate exploiters of our natural resources.

Trump has remade the bully pulpit

President Roosevelt believed in the progressive reform. He enacted a "Square Deal"

program that consisted of: control of the corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources.

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

LABOR

CORPORATE REFORM

CONSUMER PROTECTION

CONSERVATION POLICY

In 1904 TR vows not to run for re-election after his second term. He hand picks his successor William Howard Taft who wins easily in 1908.
“Some people felt that TAFT stood for Takes Advice From Teddy