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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
- Led by Francis Willard
- Saw alcoholism as a result of poverty -
Hull House
Founded by Jane Addams in Chicago -
Jacob A Riis
wrote "How the Other Half Lives" -
Anti-Saloon League
picked up the WCTU's fight
- had more political connections -
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Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
"Trust Buster" -
Anthracite Coal Strike
United Mine Workers union in coal mines in PA went on strike- Roosevelt threatened to seize the mines and operate them with federal troops if the owners refused to compromise
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Newlands Reclamation Act
federal gov't was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in western states and use those funds for the development of irrigation projects- TR set aside 125million acres of forests for federal reserves
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Department of Commerce & Labor
Created to settle disputes between capital and labor -
Elkins Act 1903
Aimed to reduce the abuse of rebates used by the railroads -
Lochner v New York
represented a setback for 10hr/day movement as the Court invalidated a New York 10-hr law for bakers -
The Jungle
Published by Upton Sinclair Inspired the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act -
Muller v. Oregon
Supreme Court upheld an Oregon law restricting women's labor to 10-hour work shifts -
Hepburn Act
expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission restricted railroad's giving of free passes -
Meat Inspection Act
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Panic of 1907
"Runs" on banks, suicides, and ciminal indictments against speculators occured Causes: overspeculation and mismanagement of Wall Street banks and trust companies; overextension of credit Lead to the Federal Reserve System -
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William Taft presidency
was meant to lead like Roosevelt -
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
- most important cause for the split of the Republican Party
- 37% tariff
- Taft betrayed his campaign promises with this tariff
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Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger opened public lands in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska to development- contributed to a growing split between Taft and TR
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Anti-Trust Suit agains US Steel Corp
TR got pissed because he was all buddy buddy with JP Morgan and helped him acquire the Tennesse Coal and Oil Co. in 1907 -
Postal Savings Bank System
Post Office Department was authorized to receive savings deposits from individuals and pay interst of 2% a year -
Dissolution of Standard Oil Co
really pissed off Roosevelt to the point that he started his own party and completely excluded his ex-bff Taft -
Triangle Shirtwaist Co Fire
killed 146 women
- NYC and other legislatures passed laws regulating hours
- Many states passed safety and sanitation codes for industry and closed harmful trade to children -
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Woodrow Wilson presidency
Wilson completely crushed Taft and Roosevelt because the Republican Party split -
17th Amendment
Direct election of Senators
- Replaced the spoils system -
Underwood Tariff Bill
- 29%
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Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Act -
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914
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Adamson Act of 1916
established an 8-hr day for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime -
Workingmen's Compensation Act of 1916
gave assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability -
18th Amendment
banned the sale, transport, and manufacturing of alcohol- Volstead Act was passed to support this
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Schenck v. U.S.
Upheld the Espoinage and Sedition Acts passed during World War I- "a person could not cry 'fire' in a crowded theater"
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Chicago Race Riot
Black workers and WWI veterns clashed -
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Warren Harding presidency
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
overturned a 1918 minimum wage law in Washington DC for women -
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Calvin Coolidge presidency