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TIMELINE
1884- TR wife and mother die on the same day.
1887- Interstate Commerce Act(regulate railroads and monopolistic practices)
1889- TR is a soldier in the Spanish American War
July 1 1898- TR led troops to Victory at San Juan Hill(poor plan but won the US victory). Awarded the medal of honor and turned to NY politics
1896- TR is “kicked out of NY politics by Bosses” and goes to run for VP with Willam Mckinley
TR and WM are elected to P and VP.
1900-Sherman Antitrust Act
1901- WM is shot and days later infection takes over and kills him.
Sept 14 1901- TR becomes president for “two” terms
1906-1907 TR asks JP Morgan to buy TN iron and Coal so they don’t tank and declare Bankruptcy which would tank the economy
1906- Pure Food and Drug Act
1908- Taft is TR hand picked successor and is elected to office in 1908
1909-Payne Aldrich Tariff of 1909 was passed but it wasn’t enough of a reform(only 5%)
1909- Ballinger Pinchot Affair
1909-16th Amendment
1911- Taft prosecutes JP Morgan for his Trust
1912- New election but a bitter race between TR(bull-moose party), Taft(republicans), Wilson(democrat)
1912- Wilson is Elected President
1912-17th Amendments
1914- Midterms showed Wilson was not doing well with progressives. In response a Child Labor law known as Keating Own Act was put in place banning younger than 14 from working.
1917-18th Amendments
1919-19th Amendments
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President | Policies/Acts |
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Teddy Roosevelt | -Did away with Laissez-Faire gov- The bully pulpit(The bully pulpit is an office or position that provides the incumbent with an immense opportunity to speak out on an issue)-Trust Regulator-Northern Securities-Trust to prevent companies-Sherman Antitrust Act- To prevent trust/monopolies from forming. Didn’t help unions-The Square Deal-Consumer Protections(Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act,FDA)-Conservation(Natural Resources, millions of acres saved)-Control(Hepurn act[Gave interstate commerce commision control], Accepted Big business but attacked “irresponsible ones”)New NationalismSpeak Softly Carry a big stick-Great white fleet-Civilized Nations(White and Industrialized,producer of goods)/Uncivilzed(Non-white, raw materials Consumer goods)-Civilized Countries needs access to uncivilized-Though the US can interfere in other countries' affairs. |
Taft | -Boldly hit tariffs(thought progressives wanted it)- Payne Aldrich Tariff(lowered too little only 5% of items)-Trust Buster-Rule Follower-Couldn’t bring parties together-Investment Foreign Policy-Dollar Diplomacy(Investment to promote growth, benefits to US and other nations) |
Wilson | -New Freedom-Trust BusterFederal Trade Commission(investigation into fraudulent companies and protect consumer)-Clayton Antitrust Act(more radical than Sherman and protected unions)-Federal Reserve Act- regulated and centralized banking-Income Tax Ratified-16th Amendment-Keating Owen Act-(protected children-labor laws no one under 14)-Stay out of WW1-Morality/Moral Diplomacy- The US should be the conscious of the world-Spread Democracy, promote peace, condom colonialism |
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LATIN AMERICA
Panama Canal
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REFORMERS-MUCKRAKERS
Upton Sinclair | The Jungle-meatpacking industryCaused TR to make Pure food and drug act and the meatpacking inspection |
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Lincoln Steffens | Political Machines- The Shame of the City |
Ida M Tarbell | Standard Oil(Rockefeller Trust), Taken advantage of working class, destroyed environment Southern Horrors- lynching law Women's Rights |
Jacob Riis | Urban Poverty- How the Other half livePhotography of tenements, children, malnourishment, distreatment. |
John Spargo | The Bitter Cry of ChildrenAliments, terrible conditions |
Frank Norris | The OctopusRailroads |
Triangle ShirtWaist Fire | -Locked Factory door to prevent women from leaving- Women Couldn’t Leave the factory during fire and many diedBrought about reform for working conditionsWilson required sprinkler systems |
AMENDMENTS PASSED
16th Amendment- Income tax
17th Amendment- Senators were elected by the people not states
18th Amendment- Prohibitions
19th Amendment- Women's Suffrage
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