Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween! Tomorrow night is the first performance of the school play! Today we continued with presentations.

Muckrakers were the journalists that exposed the corrupt side of business and factory work. The 17th Amendment allowed the people to vote for the senators. The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote. Theodore Roosevelt was a trust buster. Taft was the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court, he promised to lower tariffs but increased many too. Taft's problems caused the Republican Parties split, and Woodrow Wilson became president. The Federal Reserve issued paper money, and helped with loans. Banks get rescued by the reserve.

Class dismissed.

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