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39 Cards in this Set
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Northern Securities Company
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Brought until suit for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Controlled the massive rail networks of the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Chicago.
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Hepburn Act
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A law that strengthened the rate-making power of the Interstate Commerce Commission again reflecting the era's desire to control the power of the railroads. It increased the ICC's membership from five to seven, empowered it to fix reasonable railroad rates, and broadened its jurisdiction. It also made ICC rulings binding pending court appeals
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The Jungle
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written by Upton Sinclair. Revealed the truth of what was occurring in the meat packing industries factories.
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Payne Aldrich Act
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"the best bill that the Republican party ever passed". passed in November 1909, called for higher rates than the original House bill
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“Bully Pulpit”
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Roosevelt's presidency which he thought was a wonderful experience and was a forum of ideas and thoughts
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Ballinger – Pinchot Controversy
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obscured Taft's important contributions to conservation. He won from Congress the power to remove lands from sale, and he used it to conserve more land than Roosevelt did.
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Social Justice Movement
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Focused national attention on the need for tenement house laws. more child labor legislation, and better working conditions for women
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"Bull Moose"
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a political party created by Theodore Roosevelt when he was denied the Republican Party's nomination for president in 1912.
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New Freedom
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Woodrow Wilson's plan that had the theory of tariff, banking, and anti-trust laws promised to bring a brighter future.
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The New Nationalism
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Wilson refused women suffrage, denied a bill helping farmers, segregated African Americans in the federal services, etc
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American Medical Association
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voted in support of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. Responsible for medical advances and grows in number every year
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The Jungle/Upton Sinclair
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created to expose the gross activity in meat packing industries
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How the Other Half Lives/ Jacob Riis
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Revealed harsh conditions of the poor
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WCTU
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Women's Christian Temperance Union. founded by Frances E Willard, this organization campaigned to end drunkness and the social ills that accompanied it. Largest women's organization in the country
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Anti-Saloon League
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Joined the WCTU in prohibiting alcohol and the places where it was consumed
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Brandeis Brief
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filed by attorney Louis D Brandeis in the Supreme Court case of Muller v Oregon, this brief presented only two pages of legal precedents but contained 115 pages of sociological evidence on the negative effects of long workdays on women's health and thus on women as mothers
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Muller v Oregon
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Supreme Court decision establushed special protections for working women, upholding an Oregon law that limited women working in factories to a 10 hour work day
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Pragmatism
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the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
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Oswald Garrison Villard
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grandson of the famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
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Underwood Tariff Act
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an early accomplishment of the Wilson administration. Reduced tariff rates of the Payne-Aldrich Act by 15%
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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established FDA, made doctors prescribe meds, warning labels a requirement on medicines
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Meat Inspection Act
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set rules for sanitary meatpacking and government inspection of meat products
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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An attempt to improve the Sherman Antitrust act, it outlawed interlocking directorates, forbade policies that created monopolies, and made corporate officers responsible for antitrust violations
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FDA
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Responsible for checking medicines and food available for human consumption
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Mann-Elkins Act
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gave ICC power to set rates, stiffened long- and short- haul regulations, and placed telephone and telegraph companies under ICC
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Wisconsin Idea
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put together by La Follette and was one of the most important reform programs in the history of state government.
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Tom Johnson
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of Cleveland, demonstrated an innovative approach to city government, also a millionaire who had made his fortune manipulating city franchises
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Joe Cannon
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set House procedures, appointed committees, and virtually dictated legislation
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Federal Trade Commission
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oversees business methods. Could demand special and annual reports. investigate complaints, and order corporate compliance
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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created by Congress in 1887, agency was authorized to investigate and oversee railroad activities. Outlawed rebates and pooling agreements
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Keating-Owens Act
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designed to limit child labor
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1910 midterm elections
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where Taft alienated Progressives but lost the re-election. Key issue was high cost of living. Reps lost control of House and the Senate
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1912 Presidential Election
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Taft took rep nomination. Progressive Party nominated Roosevelt. Outcome was Democrat, Woodrow Wilson
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1902 Coal Strike
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strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities. Strike was suspended by Roosevelt
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John Dewey
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most influential educator of the progressive era who applied pragmatism to educational reform.
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John Dewey
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most influential educator of the progressive era who applied pragmatism to educational reform.
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Robert LaFollette
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created the Wisconsin Idea, established an industrial commission, to regulate factory safety and sanitation
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Thorstein Veblen
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a social critic who saw economic laws as a mask for human green and wrote the theory of the leisure class.
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Dr. Alice Hamilton
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was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health. She was a pioneer in the field of toxicology
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