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37 Cards in this Set
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Northern Securities Company
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A massive holding company that owned much of the railroad system
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Hepburn Act
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An act that strengthened the ICC, it broadened its jurisdiction, increased the member amount, and set reasonable railroad rates.
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The Jungle
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A book by Upton Sinclair that exposed the "horrors" of the meat packing industry. Later gave way to the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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Payne-Aldrich Act
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A bill that lowered the price of tariffs.
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Bully Pulpit
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Roosevelt's description of the job of presidency, it was meant to describe it as a forum of new ideas.
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Ballinger Pinchot Controversy
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An affair stemming from Ballinger selling public land that Pinchot withdrew from sale. Taft followed Ballinger on every count.
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Social Justice Movement
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A movement that focused national attention on the need for tenement laws, more child labor legislation, and better working conditions for women.
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Bull Moose
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Another name for the Progressive party in 1912, coined by Roosevelt by an offhand comment on how he felt.
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New Freedom
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A program of Wilson that emphasized business competition and small government.
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New Nationalism
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A program of Roosevelt that called for government efficiency and a strong president.
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American Medical Association
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An association of doctor that set standards for medical practice.
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How the Other Half Lives
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A book by Jacob Riis that describes life in a tenement apartment.
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WCTU
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Women's Christian Temperance Union, it wanted prohibiton.
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AntiSaloon League
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A group that advocated prohibition.
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Brandeis Brief
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A social change in law brought on by Muller v Oregon
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Muller v Oregon
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A court case that dealed with labor laws. It lowered women's work hours and justified sexual discrimination.
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Pragmatism
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An idea of William James that strived for only truths. Had no tolerance for anything false.
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Oswald Garrison Villard
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A Large anti imperialist.
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Underwood Tariff
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An act that lowered tariff amounts and removed duties on sugar, wool, and etc.
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Meat Inspection Act
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Act that set rules for government inspection for clean meat packaging.
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Pure Food And Drug Act
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An act that allowed more goverment meat inspection and forbade the trade of poisonous medicines.
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FDA
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An agency that oversees the trade of nonharmful food and drugs.
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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An act similar to the sherman antitrust act, it forbade unfair trade and monopoly pricing.
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Mann-Elkins Act
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An act that gave the ICC more power to set rates and regulations.
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Wisconsin Idea
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A series of reforms withing the state that created an industrial commision and increased wages, regulations, and etc.
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Tom Johnson
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A mayor of Cleveland who changed the town. He was an advocate for power, water, and heat socialism.
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Joe Cannon
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Speaker of the House who was almost ousted by Taft.
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FTC
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An agency meant to preserve competition among businesses.
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ICC
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An agency meant to oversee trade and business practices and regulations between states.
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Keating Owens Act
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An act that would limit and prohibit some forms of child labor.
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1910 Midterm elections
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A large setback for republicans, it saw the inclusion of much more democrats.
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1912 Presidential election
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A three-way election between Taft, Roosevelt, and Wilson. Wilson won.
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1902 coal strike
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A strike where many coal workers left their jobs because the companies would not meet their demands. Resulted in a union win.
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John Dewey
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A pragmatist, progressive, and philosophical education reformer.
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Robert LaFollette
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Governor of Wisconsin, created the Wisconsin Idea.
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Thorstein Veblen
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Wrote of evils of business class.
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Dr. Alice Hamilton
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First woman put onto the staff of Harvard.
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