CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ?The Square Deal? Reform not priority during first years as president, more concerned w/ winning reelection by not alienating conservative Republicans, winning support of businessmen and using patronage?won 1904 election First targeted RR industry by asking Congress to increase fed power to oversee rates- Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act of 1906 restored some govt regulatory power Supported Congress passing Pure Food and Drug Act, after Upton Sinclair?s 1906 The Jungle supported Meat Inspection Act. Also favored 8 hour work day for labor, workmen?s compensation, and inheritance and income taxes Roosevelt and Conservation
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ?The Square Deal? Reform not priority during first years as president, more concerned w/ winning reelection by not alienating conservative Republicans, winning support of businessmen and using patronage?won 1904 election First targeted RR industry by asking Congress to increase fed power to oversee rates- Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act of 1906 restored some govt regulatory power Supported Congress passing Pure Food and Drug Act, after Upton Sinclair?s 1906 The Jungle supported Meat Inspection Act. Also favored 8 hour work day for labor, workmen?s compensation, and inheritance and income taxes Roosevelt and Conservation
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