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20 Cards in this Set
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Northern Securities Company
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an important United States railroad trust formed in 1902 by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J.P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, and their associates. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and other associated lines. The company was sued in 1902 under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by President Theodore Roosevelt; one of the first anti-trust cases filed against corporate interests instead of labor
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Hepburn Act
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gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates which led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers. In addition, the ICC could view the railroads' financial records, a task simplified by standardized bookkeeping systems.
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The Jungle
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Showed the dismal conditions in meat packing factories. Led to the FDA being formed
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Payne Aldrich Act
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a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
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Bully Pulpit
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Roosevelt's view on the presidency, to bring forth new ideas
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Ballinger - Pinchot Controversy
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contributed to the split of the Republican Party before the 1912 Presidential Election and helped to define the U.S. conservation movement in the early 20th century.
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Social Justice Movement
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The movement that ultimately led to women's suffrage and prohibition. Brought forth a lot of rights.
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Bull Moose
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The party is also colloquially known as the Bull Moose Party, after Hiram Johnson, Roosevelt's running mate, boasted that he was "as strong as a bull moose," which inspired the party's emblem.
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New Freedom
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the policy of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson which promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters.
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New Nationalism
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insisted that only a powerful federal government could regulate the economy and guarantee social justice and that a President can only succeed in making their economic agenda successful if they make the protection of human welfare their highest priority
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American Medical Association
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The AMA's stated mission is to promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of the public health, to advance the interests of physicians and their patients, to promote public health, to lobby for legislation favorable to physicians and patients, and to raise money for medical education.
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The Jungle / Upton Sinclair
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Repeat// Showed the dismal conditions in the meat packing plants, followed a Lithuanian immigrant in his job.
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How the other half lives / Jacob Riis
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documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle class.
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WCTU
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he oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization worldwide. Organized at a national convention in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874,the group spearheaded the crusade for prohibition. Got the 18th amendment
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Anti-Saloon League
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the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century
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Brandeis Brief
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a pioneering legal brief that was the first in United States legal history to rely not on pure legal theory, but also on analysis of factual data.
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Muller v. Oregon
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justifies both sex discrimination and usage of labor laws during the time period. The case upheld Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women as justified by the special state interest in protecting women's health.
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Pragmatism
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a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that impractical ideas are to be rejected.
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Oswald Garrison Villard
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provided a rare direct link between the anti-imperialism of the late 19th century and the conservative Old Right of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Underwood Tariff
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re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%,
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