USA HISTORY

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917

THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
My presidential platform was called the “Square Deal.”
A
Wilson
B
Debs
C
Taft
D
Roosevelt
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program, which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the “three Cs” of Roosevelt’s Square Deal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy based on three basic ideas: protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources.

Detailed explanation-3: -Square Deal, description by U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (served 1901–09) of his personal approach to current social problems and the individual. It embraced Roosevelt’s idealistic view of labour, citizenship, parenthood, and Christian ethics.

Detailed explanation-4: -This was the first time that a president had publicly intervened in a labour dispute at least implicitly on the side of workers. Roosevelt characterized his actions as striving toward a “Square Deal” between capital and labour, and those words became his campaign slogan in the 1904 election.

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