Acts
What was the Newlands Act
A federal law that funded irrations in 20 western states
What was Roosevelt's nickname
Trust buster
What did the pure foods and drugs act do?
It regulated the preparation of food and sale of medicine
Where was the railroad headed that Roosevelt instructed to break up
From Chicago to the Pacific coast
what was the Hepburn Act
A law that fortified the powers of the ICC and also gave the ICC more power to set railroads rates and authority over telegraph and telephone usage
What was the name of the oil company that Roosevelt disbanded
Rockefeller's stanerd oil componey
Meat inspection act did what
It lets the government inspect meat in meat-packing industries.
When Roosevelt was elected president…
He set out to end the practice of large business lowering prices to put smaller competitors out of business and prevent companies raising prices together.
Northern Securities Case (1904)
In 1902, Roosevelt instructed the Justice Department to break up a railroad monopoly that controlled the route from Chicago to the pacific coast
What is teddy Roosevelt's first name
Theodore Roosevelt