Teddy Roosevelt was a Trust Breaker. He broke up Monopolys.Ch. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.police polishoner. won govenor of new york. came vice president. became president. boxed MAKING THE SQUARE DEAL fought in Spanish American War-Square Dealmakes everythign equal. helps out both side helped win the election in 1904-Breaking up strikesafter 5 months after they were striking the pool resultes were low Teddy settled it and made their work day shorter 10% raise and could not strike for 3 years-Regulating railroadswanted fereral regulation passed acts to regulate railroads..Elkins Act made illegal to ship and regulate on specific railroads..rebates and railroad passes-Regulating food and drugspeer food act Food and Drug Act passed in 1906..packing plants-Conservationsaving natrual resouces and saving land..before Roosevelt nobody paid attention to natural resouces late 19th century people were careless and did not help with the enviroment several natural parks..BIG ON CONSERVATION!! he had a love for nature-Civil Rightsnobody really cared abotu civil rights. african americans made an association of the colored poeple. Roosevelt didn't do much to help out!Ch.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidencybroke up trusts, Standard Oil...railroads..postal service..passed the Payne-Aldrich Bill problems--not as outgoing BORING! promised to lower tariffs never wanted to be president-Payne-Aldrich Tariffsep up to tax regulation that fialed to reduce tariffs on manufactured lowered certain tariffs on goods entering the US the debate over the bill caused the Republican Party to split..-Land disputespoeple made up thier minds that are natural resources must be conserved..-Breaking up truststhe Anitrust Act-Break-up of the Republican Partyhad to do with Payne Tariff Act-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.Willian Taft was is the Rebuplican party..Roosevelt must democrat!! Wiklson won with only 42 percent of the popular vote..he claimed he would break up trust and expanded in the governmentCh. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.Made the national banking systemlimited the work day to 8 houtsfederal reserve actlead us in world war 1federal trade commissionProblems:caused segregation of black and white in DC military and federal government-Breaking up trustsClayton Antitrust Act, prohibited corporations from performing a monoplyif a company ciolated this law officers could be prosecutedthis act was to strengthen the sherman antitrust actit also specified in trying to help the labor unions and the farm organizationsit also made strikes,boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal-Underwood Tariffin 1913 wilson worked hard to reduce tariffs rateit reduced the ocerall tariff to approximately 25 percenteliminated the tax entirely on steel, wool, clothing, and sugar and created a federal income tax-16th Amendmentallows congress to tax citizens so the fovernment can make moneylarger income tax rate were taxed highter then lower income ratesthe fovernment was receiving the more money from taxes then they had ever got from tariffs-Federal Reserve Systemallows private bankng system under federal controlfederal banks could transfer funds to member banks in troublethis saved a lot of people from losing their money and having the banks closeits a bankers bank-Limits to Progressivism under Wilsonwilson promised to treat black equally and speak out against lynching
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