today we had a work day for our projects that are due on friday
*Conservation
*Monopolies
*Taxation/ banking
*Aid Organizations-helping poor
conservation- http://memory.loc.gov/learn///features/timeline/progress/conserve/c...
in the mid to late 19th century natural resources were heavily exploited in the west
land speculators took over a lot of land and forests
mining companies used wasteful and improper practices
with a slim amount of natural resources that were available, americans developed a "tradition of waste"
conservationalists called for federal supervision of the nation's resources and the preservation of those resources for future years
conservation of the nation's resources, putting an end to wasteful uses of raw materials, and getting back large areas of neglected land were some major achievments of the Roosevelt era
The Roosevelt administration was responsible for;
the Newlands act of 1902- funded irrigation projects from the proceeds of the sale of the federal lands of the west
the appointment of the inland waterways commision in 1907- to study the relation of soil, rivers, forests, waterpower development, water transportation
the national conservation commision of 1909- charged with drawing up long-range plans for preserving national resources
monopolies:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/lec.prog.html
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/trusts.html
Woodrow Wilson called for moral rivial and reform, including lowering tarrifs, breaking up of all monopolies, and for the government to be an umpire in desputes between labor and business
president wilson is president
the terrif reform gave the first significant terrif reduction since 1860
wilson personally delivered his goals to congress
The Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 restricted monopolies and set up a federal trade commission to stop unfair practices
people were becoming very angry with trusts and monopolies
the most dangerous monopolies were dealing with the railroads which controlled shipping rates among their lines
The Sherman Antitrust act (1890) was the first important federal measure to limit the power of companies that controlled a high percentage of market share
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/sherman.html
(link to what the sherman antitrust act consisted of)
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