Posted by 8Brittany on October 14, 2011 at 10:35am
Ch. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.lowered the work hours for people.-Square Dealeveryone is equal, giving everyone a fair deal.-Breaking up trustTrust is a monopoly, trustbuster-breaking up monopoloies. Roosevelt would break trust up in to good trust and bad trust. Went after bad trust. Watch the good trusts.-Breaking up strikesBroke up the coal strikes and less hours but better wage. Roosevelt help strikers, compermise. give 9 hour work day and give the workers 10% increase instead of 20%.-Regulating railroadsthe Hepburn act got rid of free railroad pass for rich. Elkins Act and Hepburn fought against railroads, required them to be fair to everyone, just in prices and practices.-Regulating food and drugsMeat insperction Act-1906 meat had to be 100% of beef or any other meat product and Pure Food and Drug Act-1906 required labels.-ConservationRoosevelt condemned view that our resources were endless. Convervation-planned managment of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others. Set aside land for conservation. Set up irrigation systems in the south.-Civil RightsCh.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidencyPassed Payne-Aldrich Tariff,used dollar diplomacy when dealing with other countries, broke up many trusts(Standard Oil Company in 1911). Passed the 16th Amendment-legalized a graduated federal income tax.Not as energetic or well liked like Roosevelt. Raised tariffs instead of lowered them. Take things Roosevelt did and changing them.-Payne-Aldrich TariffRaised and lowered tariffs.-Land disputesTaking land away from conservationist (land Roosevelt set aside) and gave it to businesses.-Breaking up trustsBroke up Standard Oil Company. Broke up more trust than Roosevelt.-You will have to look elsewhere for some other accomplishments as the book is limited-Break-up of the Republican PartyRoosevelt started the Progressive Party(Bull Moose Party). He tried to get the republican party votes didn't happen, they like Taft. Roosevelt was progressive, and Taft was conservative.-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.The Republican Party was split, Woodrow Wilson won and was the Democrat, Roosevelt was Progressive, Taft was republican, Eugene V. Debs-Socialist. Gets nasty, Taft calls Roosevelt a dangerous, and Roosevelt calls Taft a Fat Head. Wilson says out of it.Ch. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.-Breaking up trustsClayton Anti-Trust Act(1914)-could break up monopolies. Labor Unions were given rights to exist, strikes, boycotts,picketing, etc. became legalFederal Trade Comission(FTC)-investigated companies fro monopolistic practices.-Underwood Tariff-16th Amendment-Federal Reserve SystemFederal Reserve Act of 1913-divided the nation into 12 districts-regional central bank in each district. Federal Reserve-bankers bank, raises and lowers, interest rates,help with giving loans. Banks within the system helped others from closing due to lack of money.-Limits to Progressivism under WilsonDidn't do anything to help African Americans. Made things worst in D.C and the Army by starting segregation.
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