Question | Answer |
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 |