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12 Cards in this Set
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Square Deal
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Roosevelt’s belief that the government should actively balance the needs of competing groups in American society
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Social Darwinism
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the idea that only the strongest will survive
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United Mine Workers
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1890, fought against the working conditions and wages of miners
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arbitration
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settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
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Hepburn Act
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passed through congress in 1906, was intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission by giving it the power to set railroad rates
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Upton Sinclair
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published the Journal in 1906, observed the meat factories
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Meat Inspection Act
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passed in 1906. It required federal inspection of meat sold through interstate commerce and required the Agriculture Department to set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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passed on in 1906, prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs
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Gifford Pinchot
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appointed by Roosevelt to be head of the United States Forest Service
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Richard A. Ballinger
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was made secretary of interior
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insubordination
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disobedience
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Children’s Bureau
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established in 1912, an agency that investigates and publicized the problems of child labor
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