Discuss Roosevelt's Support For Conservation An

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The twentieth century brought on an ethnically and racially mixed American people who were shuddered by a reform movement called progressivism. Among the many progressive achievements during this time, Theodore Roosevelt’s support for conservation and consumer protection was the most successful. Many wasteful Americans assumed that their natural resources were bottomless. Roosevelt was motivated to find new ways to achieve conservation. His first move was to save the nations diminishing forests. He set aside millions of acres of land in federal reserves as well as millions of acres of coal deposits and water resources useful for irrigation and power. To make a statement he banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1902. Conservation was known to probably be Roosevelt’s most lasting concrete achievement. It shrunk the disappearance of national land being the source of national individualism and democracy. As well as sparking conservationism, Roosevelt cared for the protection of consumers. In 1906 he backed a measure that aided corporations and consumers. Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, stirred Americans perception of the meat industry. It disturbed all citizens, as well as Roosevelt. Roosevelt, soon after, passed the Meat Inspection Act of 1906. It stated that the meat shipped would be subject to federal inspection. Many meat companies at first resisted parts of the act, but later used it as a tactic to eliminate smaller competitors in the industry while gaining the government’s seal of approval on exports. This major act focusing on consumer protection gained Roosevelt respect and trust by American people. The conservation of the land and safety of consumers proves to Americans Roosevelt’s dedication to the people as the President of the United States. These two progressive achievements changed both agriculture and industry for
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