List two actions that Theodore Roosevelt took as president that reflected his Square Deal ideas.

settling the 1902 coal strike

busting the railroad trust in the Northern Securities case

supporting the regulation of work hours in New York and Oregon

passing the Meat Inspection Act

passing the Pure Food and Drug Act

passing the Elkins and Hepburn Acts

trying to improve conditions for workers

trying to prevent child labor

The philosophy of President Theodore Roosevelt was the desire to treat both sides fairly in any dispute. In the coal miner's strike of 1902 he treated the United Mine Workers representatives and company bosses as equals; this approach continued during his efforts to regulate the railroads and other businesses during his second term.

The Square Deal was the term used by Roosevelt and his associates for the policies of his Administration, particularly with regard to economic policies with which he was associated, such as antitrust enforcement. As such, it seems to have been a precursor to the New Deal of his distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt thirty years later.