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social gospel movement
Social Gospel, religious social-reform movement prominent in the United States from about 1870 to 1920.During the 1930s many of these ideals were realized through the rise of organized labor and the legislation of the New Deal by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
square deal
Square Deal , description by U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (served 1901–09) of his personal approach to current social problems and the individual. The Square Deal concept was later largely incorporated into the platform of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party when Roosevelt was its candidate in the 1912 presidential election. -
pure food and drug act
Excerpt from the Pure Food and Drug Act. An Act— For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
federal reserve act
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. The law sets out the purposes, structure, and functions of the System as well as outlines aspects of its operations and accountability.
