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The Square Deal Posted September 6, 2009 @ 6:16 pm In Shapes,Square | No Comments “The Square Deal” referred to a series of President Theodore Roosevelt [1]’s proposals that would help guide national economic development. These proposals included trust busting [2], consumer legislation (the Pure Food and Drug Law of 1906 [3] and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 [4]), and conservation [5]. |
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“Like most of the Square Deal legislation, the final bill represented a series of compromises—increased appropriations for inspection in exchange for the removal of inconvenient requirements for enforcement.”
—Bernard Bailyn, et al., The Great Republic: A History of the American People. Third Edition, (Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Co., 1985), p. 615.
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Beyond eAlmanacWikipedia article on the Square Deal
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[1] President Theodore Roosevelt: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/theodoreroosevelt/
[2] trust busting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law
[3] the Pure Food and Drug Law of 1906: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
[4] the Meat Inspection Act of 1906: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Inspection_Act
[5] conservation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_movement#Early_American_conservation_movement
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