Topics:
-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment they wanted alcohol banned overall, amendment passed in 1919, prohibited manufacturing, selling, importing and exporting of it, but was not illegal to have it or drink it
-Muckrakers-Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens they were journalists that exposed the crimes that were happening, they often came up with solutions to these problems too, Upton Sinclair was a muckrakers that exposed how gross the meat packaging plants were and there were boils in the meat, helped passes the pure food drug act, Ida Tarbell wrote about Rockefelder and talked about all of the bad things that were happening in the Standard Oil Company, Lincoln Steffens talked about the corruption of the state governments and how it was rigged
-Laws making the workplace better, safer, etc Workmens compensation which is if you get hurt on the job the job pays for your medical bills and you don’t fired, labor unions,
-Direct Election of US Senators-17th Amendment That everyone could vote instead of just rich white men
-Women's Suffrage Movement-19th Amendment allows women the right to vote
-Teddy Roosevelt's Background 2nd of 4 children, wealthy, his first wife died, remarried then had or 6 kids, he went to Harvard for four years, become a college boxer and wrestler, went to Germany for a year and then came back into politics, moved to Dakota after his wife died, came back after two years and then went back into politics, became NYC police department chief, went to Cuba and fought in 1899, was elected gov of new york in 1899, was president from 1901 to 1909.
-Teddy Roosevelt's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
2. Breaking up strikes the coal mine strike,
3. Breaking up trusts-trustbuster broke up over 30 major companies so smaller ones could flourish,
4. Regulating railroads-Elkins Act, Hepburn Act elkins act- lowered prices on railroad service, got rid of the discounts towards rich white people, hepburn act- allowed the government to regulate railroad prices
5. Pure Food and Drug Act passed in 1906, made businesses to put labels on their products to see what is in it, took cocaine out of Coca-Cola, had to be truthful,
6. Meat Inspection Act- Upton Sinclair went to a packaging plant and then wrote about how disgusting it was, passed by teddy, helped keep sickness down
7. Conservation-Transfer Act, Antiquities Act started assigning rangers and troopers to watch forests and uphold national parks, antiquities act was passed 1906, protected historic indian land and set up indian reservations
8. Newlands Reclamation Act- 1902, funded irrigation projects in 13 states in the west, set aside money, made land better to farm
9. Gentleman's Agreement- to stop being so racist to the japanese immigrents, no more laws about being racist against japanese
10. Federal Employers Liability Act mainly for railroad workers, working on the railroad was very dangerous and workers wanted to be payed if they got hurt
11. Policy toward African-Americans created jobs for black people, but didn’t do anything else for them
-William Howard Taft's Background born september 16, 1887,died march 8th, 1930, went to college at yale, born into a very rich family, weighed 340 lbs, most obese president, randomly fell asleep, became part of the Supreme Court,
-William Howard Taft's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Payne-Aldrich Tariff- lowered tariffs, rose some, and kept most the same
2. Ballinger/Pinchot Land Dispute -taft sold lots of wildlife land to buisnesses
3. Breaking up trusts- broke up more trusts than any other president, broke up all trusts good or bad
4. Income Tax-16th Amendment the government taxes people, but can tax you more if there is more people in a state
5. Policy towards African-Americans- wanted to help but didn’t really do anything about it, naacp- broke up grandfather clause
-1912 Presidential Election
1. Democratic candidate and platform- woodrow wilson won over taft and teddy, he called for stronger anti trust laws, lower income tax, tariff reductions
2. Republican candidate and platform- taft, he wanted to break up trust and keep a reasonable tariff,
3. Progressive(Bull Moose) Party and platform- teddy, regulate trusts, minimum wage, 8 hour workday, conservation, interstate system, reasonable tariff
4. Socialist candiate and platforme- eugene v. debs, same as teddy platform, but socialists wanted strong government and to take from the rich and give to the poor
5. Results and why Wilson won- wilson won, had all democratic votes and
-Woodrow Wilson's Background- born 1886, lived in georgia for most of his childhood, went to princeton uv, married ellen axen, had 3 daughters, 1902 became president of princeton, governor of new jersey, wife died 1914
-Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Clayton Anti-Trust Act- broke up monopolies, or trusts, gave labor unions legal rights to exist, couldn’t get fired for being in a labor union,
2. Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission- helped consumers, went after big companies, sues companies
3. Federal Farm Loan Act- 1916 to increase credit to farmers and more loans, started the farm board with 12 banks
4. Underwood Tariff- Lowered tariff rates 40 to 25 percent
5. Federal Reserve Act- set up federal reserve system, allowed banks to withdraw money from federal reserve banks, allowed banks to print notes
6. Keating–Owen Act- i eliminated child labor
7. Adamson Act- 8 hour work days, overtime, railroad workers
8. US Neutrality in WWI- would not fight in war but supply both sides, but british blocked german coasts so germans thought we were only helping british so they attacked us.
9. Policy towards African-Americans- He didn’t think anything about black people, made interracial marriage a felony,
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