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38 Cards in this Set
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bully pulpit |
- new policy by Roosevelt - consists of speaking around nation to create a forum for ideas |
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William Howard Taft |
- Secretary of State under Roosevelt - Roosevelt's hand-picked successor - later Roosevelt's rival due to ambivalence - moderate conservation Republican |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes |
- Supreme Court justice - ultra-conservative - believer in constitutional purity |
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Northern Securities Company |
- railroad holding company - disintegrated by Supreme Court |
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Coal Miners of America 1902 |
- union formed by workers in Pennsylvania |
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Elihu Root |
- Secretary of State under Roosevelt |
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The Jungle |
- book exposing ills of meatpacking industry - spurs fed investigation by demand of American people |
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1903 |
- Department of Commerce established - Department of Labor established |
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Elkins Act 1903 |
- prohibits railroad rebates - moderately increases ICC ability to regulate |
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
- first, weaker Anti-Trust Act - used to dissolve Northern Securities Company |
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Hepburn Act 1906 |
- strengthens ICC - gives ICC right to make set rates of inter-state business - widens ICC jurisdiction to include oil pipelines |
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Meat Inspection Act 1906 |
- sets rules for sanitary meatpacking - requires gov inspection of meat products |
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Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 |
- requires food & drug manufacturers to label certain ingredients - requires FDA inspection of food & drugs |
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National Conservation Congress 1908 |
- org for 1st comprehensive conservation policy - established by Theo Roosevelt - led by Gifford Pinchot - quadruples acreage under federal protection - supported greatly by American people |
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1908 election |
- Democrats run William Jennings Bryan - Republicans run William Howard Taft - William Howard Taft wins |
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Payne-Aldritch Act 1909 |
- establishment of lower tariff on some items & higher tariff on others - provokes progressive Republicans to break w/ William Howard Taft |
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Ballinger-Pinchot Affair 1909 |
- feud between Gifford Pinchot & Richard Ballinger after Ballinger sells 1mil acres Alaskan public land to JP Morgan |
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Richard Ballinger 1909 |
- Secretary of the Interior under William Howard Taft |
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Gifford Pinchot |
- chief forester - leader of National Conservation Congress |
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Mann-Elkins Act 1910 |
- allows ICC to set railroad rates - places telephone companies under ICC supervision - places telegraph companies under ICC supervision |
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1910 off-year elections |
- Democrats recapture Congress - leads to gridlock between Republican president & Democratic Congress |
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Progressive Party |
- formed by dissatisfied branch of Republican Party - runs Theo Roosevelt in 1912 elections - later renamed Bull Moose Party |
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New Nationalism 1912 |
- Roosevelt's platform 1912 election - national approach to affairs w/ strong president - efficiency in government - protection of children, women, and workers - for the executive office and large government - for an interventionist & regulatory government |
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New Freedom 1912 |
- Wilson's platform 1912 election - for small government - moralist - for business competition & lassez-faire economics |
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1912 election |
- 3 candidates: > Theo Roosevelt (Bull Moose) > William Howard Taft (Republican) > Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) |
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16th Amendment 1913 |
- levies federal income tax |
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17th Amendment 1913 |
- allows direct election of US senators instead of state appointment |
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Underwood Tariff 1913 |
- cuts duties - levies graduated federal tax for the first time |
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Federal Reserve Act 1913 |
- (re)establishes national bank - reforms banking system - issues stable currency - controls short-term interest rates |
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act |
- second, stronger anti-trust act - outlaws unfair trade practices |
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Federal Trade Commission 1914 |
- established to oversee business methods |
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Adamson Act 1916 |
- creates 8hr workday for railroad companies |
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Federal Farm Loan Act 1916 |
- increased credit for farmers - precursor to farming subsidy system |
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Federal Workers' Compensation Act 1916 |
- introduces workers' compensation at the federal level |
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Keating-Owen Act 1916 |
- 1st US attempt to ban child labor - declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court under influence of Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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Warehouse Act 1916 |
- establishes sub-treasury system for farmers |
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Revenue Act 1916 |
- increases income tax on the rich |
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1916 legislation |
- Federal Farm Loan Act - Adamson Act - Federal Workers' Compensation Act - Keating-Owen Act - Warehouse Act - Revenue Act |
