ch 9. sec 3

By kcook1995
  • Theodore roosevelt

    Theodore roosevelt

    Theodore roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York in 1858.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.

  • interstate commerce act

    The Interstate Commerce Act is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.
  • sherman antitrust act

    sherman antitrust act

    prohibits business activities that reduce competition in the marketplace.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans: text book.
  • trusts control industries

    trusts control industries

    in 1900 trusts controlled about four-fifths of the industries in the united states.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.
  • roosevelt presidency

    roosevelt presidency

    when roosevelt was thrust into presidency in 1901 he was the youngest president ever at 42 years old.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.

  • national reclamation act

    under the national reclamation act money from the sale of public lands in the west funded large-scale irrigation projects.
    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.
  • roosevelt makes news headlines

    roosevelt makes news headlines

    roosevelt makes newspaper headlines as a trustbuster when he ordered the justice departments to sue the northern securities company which had a monopoly over northwestern railroads.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.

  • civil rigts conference

    civil rights conference was held in niagra falls.
    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.

  • hepburn act

    strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes, a common form of bribery.
    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.
  • pure food and drug act

    pure food and drug act

    provided federal inspection of food.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.
  • NAACP founded

    NAACP founded

    african americans joined with prominent white reformers in new york to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which had over 6,000 members by 1914.
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    information source : McDougal Littell, The Americans.