TR's Square Deal

1. How did Roosevelt create the modern presidency?
Roosevelt create the modern presidency because he was individualized. He wasn't from a rich family and could see the problems and the need for reform.

2. How did Roosevelt's intervention in a coal strike set a precedent for federal arbitration?
This set a precedent because now people could see him as a comprimiser of big decisions and a peacemaker.

3. What did Roosevelt do to the trusts and railroads?
Roosevelt passed the Interstate Commerence Act to help control it.

4. What legislation passed during Roosevelt's presidency protected citizens?
The Meat Inspection Act helped protect citizens because people wounldn't risk getting gravel ill or death whenever they wanted to eat some meat.

5. What did Roosevelt do to protect the environment?
To protect the enviornment he made many conservation lands.

Urbanzation.

1. What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the the rapid growth of cities.

2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
This happened usually because immigrants wanted to some find work or freedom, but it became so crowded that it was very unhealthy and led to disease.

3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Because their was to much urbanization people didn't have proper trash cleaning. Also, people were cramped and often with no windows in their small houses, meaning that there wasn't any proper fire escape.