Square Deal
Hepburn Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Conservation
National Parks and Forests
Utilitarian Conservationists vs. Preservationists
Saving environment for later human consumption vs. saving for nature's sake.
Hetch Hetchy Controversy
S.F. wants to dam HH valley for power
Sympathy after SF earthquake
Competing Conservation Visions
Panic of 1907
End of Second Term
Overspeculation
J.P. takes over Tennessee Coal and Iron Company to end panic, with Roosevelt's consent.
Doesn't work, but Roosevelt isn't blamed
People blame R's hand picked successor, Taft
Taft isn't Roosevelt 2
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Taft doesn't follow the tariff he proposes which actually increases taxes in some areas
Ballinger-Pinchot Dispute
Taft does nothing about corruption
Rise of the Progressive/Bull Moose Party
Led by La Follette
Stress from daughters illness, has nervous breakdown
Roosevelt replaces La Follette as presidential candidate.
Splits Republican Party
Allows democrat Woodrow Wilson to win
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