On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts) A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts) Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him. Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war. When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867. Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867. Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience