Square Deal domestic program

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The Square Deal domestic program was President Theodore Roosevelt’s progressive reform agenda focused on fairness for workers, consumers, and businesses through regulation and social justice measures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf domestic program
policy initiative
progressive reform agenda
aimsAt conservation of natural resources
fairness for businesses
fairness for consumers
fairness for workers
protection of public health
regulation of large corporations
regulation of railroads
social justice
appliesTo business owners
consumers
natural resources
workers
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government
appliesToOfficeHolder Theodore Roosevelt
architect Theodore Roosevelt
country United States
describedBySource Progressive Era political histories
Theodore Roosevelt speeches
follows laissez-faire economic policies of the Gilded Age
hasEffect expansion of executive authority in economic regulation
increased public trust in federal consumer protections
strengthening federal regulatory power
hasPart Elkins Act
Hepburn Act
Meat Inspection Act
Newlands Reclamation Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
antitrust enforcement
conservation policies
consumer protection measures
employer-employee dispute mediation
labor reform measures
railroad regulation
support for organized labor in certain disputes
trust-busting policies
influenced New Nationalism
later Progressive Era legislation
influencedBy Progressive Era reform movement
politicalIdeology Progressivism
reform liberalism
positionHeldBy President of the United States
significantEvent 1902 coal strike mediation
slogan Square Deal
startTime 1901

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Theodore Roosevelt ("Square Deal")
implementedPolicy
Theodore Roosevelt
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Square Deal ("Square Deal")
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