Today we did presentations on 9-3, 9-4, and 9-5Ch. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.interstate commerce acthepburn act-Square Dealtreated everybody the same wayhelped the common person-Breaking up trusts"trustbuster"break up bad trustskeep an eye on the good trustsbroke up coal strike-Breaking up strikesCoal minors-They wanted 20% raiseInstead he gave workers a 10% raise and lowered hours from 14 hours to 10 hours-Regulating railroadsinterstate commerce act-prohibited wealthy railroad owner to fix a high prices by dividing the business in a given areahepburn act-made railroads charge rich, poor, big business, and farmers the same amountmade railroads fair-Regulating food and drugspassed Meat Inspection Act- 1906\passed the Pure Food and Drug Act- 1906-ConservationRossevelt condemned view that our "resources were endless"T.R. set aside 148 acres for conservationone of the biggest accomplishments- Civil Rightshe did do anything about to keep the south happyCh.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency-Payne-Aldrich Tariffreduced tariffs-Land disputes-Breaking up trustsbroke up standard oil company in 1911-Break-up of the Republican Partydue to these problems with Taft, the Republicans split into old- guard republicans and proggressive republicansTR did not get the Republican nomination so he decided to run as a third partysplit votes-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.they split the votes of the republican partyWoodrow Wilson- won the election because he got all democrats votesCh. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.-Breaking up trustsClayton Anti-Tust Act(1914)break up monopolies*still in todayFederal Trade Commission was established in 1914-Investigated companies for monopolistic practices*still in today-Underwood Tariff-16th Amendment-Federal Reserve SystemFederal Reserve Act of 1913Divided the nation into 12 districts --> Regional central bank in each district"Bankers Bank"Federal Reserve banks could issue new paper money in emergency situationsAlso, helped with giving out loanBanks within the system helped others from closing due to lack of money-Limits to Progressivism under WilsonAfrican Americans were for the most patt ignored by Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and the Progressive Movementhe segregated the military
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