QUIZ 9/30/13
-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment
The ban of alcohol production, transportation, distribution, selling it, never said drinking it
Prohibition-Smuggling alcohol, bootleggers, across the states and into secret organizations like gangs the government poisoned some batches of alcohol to stop illegal production
-Muckrakers-Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens
Term came from a book, because they raked in the muck
Journalist that exposed issues of government or other company or business
Upton Sinclair found awful things food processing plants
-Laws making the workplace better, safer, etc
Sherman anti trust act broke up big monopolies and helped out workers conditions
-Direct Election of US Senators-17th Amendment
People elected the government officals, not the stat govs anymore, more democratic
-Women's Suffrage Movement-19th Amendment
Women wanted more rights to work and equal rights when working, took it to court
-Teddy Roosevelt's Background
Became a great athlete when his father said he couldn't be anything
Went to college and did many good things
-Teddy Roosevelt's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues: Did good things for the people, pro labor unions wanted better conditions for the working class
1. Square Deal Control of corporations, break up trust attach the rich
2. Breaking up strikes wanted people to bad to working and wanted equal workings for all people not hang one company have all the power
3. Breaking up trusts-trust-buster teddy trying to break up the monopolies when high class people did nothing but were still rich, broke up 50+ trusts
4. Regulating railroads-Elkins Act, Hepburn Act helped farmers out
5. Pure Food and Drug Act many commons things had bad things in it and were taken to court
6. Meat Inspection Act a reporter found awful conditions when packing the meat, route inspections, all things for the better of the people
7. Conservation-Transfer Act, Antiquities Act conserve the land is certain places, take the forest and put them in the department agriculture so they would tend to them better and knew how to do it, public land owned by the government
8. Newlands Reclamation Act founded irrigation projects for the 20 western states
9. Gentleman's Agreement agreement between american and japan, Japanese were getting separated and choose to stop from Japanese coming over and working, racist ism was big cause of the agreement
10. Federal Employers Liability Act states had their work compensation and the federal employers liability act would help you if you could prove that you were hurt on the job, brought up by the government
11. Policy toward African-Americans didnt do much to help the blacks no acts or federal laws
-William Howard Taft's Background 27th president, 10th chief of justice, governor of Cuba, did more things to support teddys reforms, head justice for the supreme court
-William Howard Taft's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Payne-Aldrich Tariff tax on imported goods, high tariffs force people to buy local and american goods, lowered on some products but kept a lot of things the same
2. Ballinger/Pinchot Land Dispute people viewed him as a non green president and was made that Taft let big companys take over the land teddy set aside, Taft allowed the land to be sold, teddy reserved this land so this wouldn't happen
3. Breaking up trusts called a trust buster, broke up standard oil by taft
4. Income Tax-16th Amendment collect tax from the common people for how much they get paid
5. Policy towards African-Americans segregation, many separate things, buses, shops, restrooms, drinking fountians
-1912 Presidential Election wanted break up monopolies and trusts
1. Democratic candidate and platform breaking up trusts
2. Republican candidate and platform keep breaking up trusts better post office
3. Progressive(Bull Moose) Party and platform he said he felt like a bull moose as in strength, 8 hr work day and other working conditions
4. Socialist candiate and platforme wanted shorter work days, women sufferage,
5. Results and why Wilson won the republicans house was divided by 2 candidates that were pretty much Republicans
-Woodrow Wilson's Background Thomas Woodrow Wilson Scottish family strict family, got a bachelor degree, a doctorate degree,
-Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Clayton Anti-Trust Act helped back up the Sherman anti trust act protected people working rights and couldnt get arrested for strikes or boycotts
2. Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission stop large corporations and break up trusts, follow all the rules for big corporation, if not then broke up them
3. Federal Farm Loan Act help farm familys to get loans and be paid off between 5 to 40 years
4. Underwood Tariff lowering tariffs at a large reduction, wanted all people to be able to get goods
5. Federal Reserve Act set up the main banking system, allowed the government to make paper money and had gold back up the currency system
6. Keating–Owen Act ban selling of child made products between states
7. Adamson Act 8 hr workday for rail works and time and a half
8. US Neutrality in WWI made it so we could trade with all the countries that were are not at war or hostile with
9. Policy towards African-Americans doing good for blacks would make the southern governors not support bills or things like that
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