Monday:
What did progressives do to help during this era?
- Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff which reduced tarrifs - Taft lowered tariffs but also raised on a lot of products
- Wilson's Accomplishments- Passed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act(1914) - could break up monopolies .. Labor Unions were given the right to exist - Strikes, boycotts, picketing, etc. became legal .. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established in 1914 -investigated companies for monopolistic --- Most of these are still around today which make them very important in our history
- Federal Reserve - america needed stronger banks , act of 1913 , divided the nation into 12 distracts - regional bank in each district , helped with giving out loans , "Bankers bank" - very powerful organization
- 17th, 18th, 19th amendments were passed during his term - direct election senators (1913) , Prohibition (1919) , Women;s votes (1920)
- Keating Owen Act - First federal act of fighting child labor
- Adamson Act - Set up an 8 hour workday
- African - Americans were for the most part ignored by Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and Progressive Movement
- Wilson restated segregation in Washington D.C. and also started segregation in the US military
Tuesday:'
I was absent
Wednesday:
Test
Thursday:
Started talking about WWI topic presentations then had a work day
Friday:
Work Day
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