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What was the Square Deal? Coal Miner strike. TR arbitrated deal between laborers and management. Americans needed head threatened to use army to control mine. Miners 10% pay increase. Equal for all.
What did TR do for trust busting? He used the Sherman AntiTrust Act to Targe Northern Securities Railroad Combination. Differentiated between good and bad trusts.
What did TR do for Railroad Regulation? Hepburn Act 1906- gave Interstate Commerce Commision(ICC) power to set max. railroad rates and stop rebates. Elkins Act -- railroad rate regulation
What did TR do for Consumer Protection? Meat inspection Sct and Pure Food and Drug Act
What did TR do for Conservation? Forest Protection National Conservation Commision with Gifford Pinchot in charge. National Parks like Yellowstone, Newlands Reclamation Act.
What Bad Things did Taft do? Promised to lower tariffs but he raised tariff with Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
What Bad Things did Taft do?2 His secretary of the Interior Ballinger opposed conservation in West so he fired Pinchot. Caught between Progressives and COnservatives.
What Bad Things did Taft do?3 Opposed 15 amendment which gave blacks right to vote
Good things Taft did? TOok down 80 trusts. Promised to continue TR's reform
Good things Taft did?2 16 amendment which made federal income tax proportionate to wealth
What was Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of Privelege Tariffs --> Underwood Tariff Act Banking --> Federal Reserve system Trusts --> Federal Trade Commision
Woodrow Wilson Underwood Tariff Act? Reduced Tariffs 40% to 25% --1913 Graduated income tax to compensate
Woodrow Wilson Federal Reserve system? National Banking system with 12 district banks. Federal Reserve Act 1914. Federal Reserve notes are dollar bills. Issued, Regulated banking system.
Woodrow Wilson Business Regulation? Clayton Antitrust Act strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act to break up monopolies Prevented unions from being prosecuted
Woodrow Wilson Business Regulation?2 Had power to order firms to cease and desist unfair business tactics.
Judge Brandeis Very Progressive Supreme Court Lawyer appointed by Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson Child Labor? Child Labor Act 1916 prohibited shipping of children made goods under 14.
Woodrow Wilson Farm Loans? Farmers could borrow money at low rates for up to 40 years. Federal Farm Loan Board 1916.
Ways to improve voter Democracy(Political Reforms)? 17th Amendment- people elect their own senators. Direct Primaries - voters select party candidates. Initiative - voters can get a law on the ballot Referendum - people directly vote on bills. Recall - remove elected officials from office.
17th Amendment people elect their own senators.
Direct Primaries voters select party candidates.
Initiative voters can get a law on the ballot
Referendum people directly vote on bills.
Recall remove elected officials from office.
Whats up with election of 1912. Republican-->[Taft--Conservatives], [TR--BullM] Democrats --> [Woodrow Wilson--Progressive] republican party vote divided 50-50 so TR couldn't win
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