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10 Cards in this Set
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The Square Deal |
Roosevelt's domestic policy approach to the reconcile labor and management. Used when Roosevelt settled the anthracite coal strike in his first term, extended that deal in his second term targeting the railroad industry |
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The Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act of 1906 |
Legislation passed by Congress that gave the government more regulatory authority, done to increase the government's power to oversee railroad rates |
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff |
Taft's weak attempt at lowering tariffs, which in fact did little to reduce them at all and in fact raised them in certain areas |
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New Nationalism |
Roosevelt's policies that included graduated income, inheritance taxes, workers' compensations, labor regulation for women and children, and regulation of corporations |
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Bull Moose Party |
Roosevelt's new progressive party, had a short, unsuccessful run |
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Underwood-Simmons Tariff |
Summoned by Wilson and approved by Congress to substantially lower tariffs enough to introduce competition into American markets, thus breaking the power of trusts |
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16th Amendment |
Permission for income taxes in the Constitution, passed by Congress to ease loss of revenue under the Underwood-Simmons Tariff |
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Federal Reserve Act |
Passed by Congress and signed by Wilson, creating twelve regional banks and the Federal Reserve system to issue paper currency, shift funds quickly, meet increased demands for credit, and protect banks |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the U.S. not only had the right to oppose European intervention in the western hemisphere but also had the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of neighboring countries without a strong national sovereignty or order |
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Platt Amendment |
Amendment giving the United States the right to prevent any foreign power from intruding into the newly independent Cuba |
