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WCTU
- Led by Francis Willard
- Saw alcoholism as a result of poverty -
Founded by Jane Addams in Chicago
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wrote "How the Other Half Lives"
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picked up the WCTU's fight
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"Trust Buster"
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United Mine Workers union in coal mines in PA went on strike
- Roosevelt threatened to seize the mines and operate them with federal troops if the owners refused to compromise
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federal gov't was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in western states and use those funds for the development of irrigation projects
- TR set aside 125million acres of forests for federal reserves
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Created to settle disputes between capital and labor
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Aimed to reduce the abuse of rebates used by the railroads
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represented a setback for 10hr/day movement as the Court invalidated a New York 10-hr law for bakers
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Published by Upton Sinclair Inspired the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
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Supreme Court upheld an Oregon law restricting women's labor to 10-hour work shifts
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expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission restricted railroad's giving of free passes
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"Runs" on banks, suicides, and ciminal indictments against speculators occured Causes: overspeculation and mismanagement of Wall Street banks and trust companies; overextension of credit Lead to the Federal Reserve System
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was meant to lead like Roosevelt
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- most important cause for the split of the Republican Party
- 37% tariff
- Taft betrayed his campaign promises with this tariff
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Secretary of the Interior Ballinger opened public lands in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska to development
- contributed to a growing split between Taft and TR
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TR got pissed because he was all buddy buddy with JP Morgan and helped him acquire the Tennesse Coal and Oil Co. in 1907
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Post Office Department was authorized to receive savings deposits from individuals and pay interst of 2% a year
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really pissed off Roosevelt to the point that he started his own party and completely excluded his ex-bff Taft
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killed 146 women
- NYC and other legislatures passed laws regulating hours
- Many states passed safety and sanitation codes for industry and closed harmful trade to children -
Wilson completely crushed Taft and Roosevelt because the Republican Party split
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Direct election of Senators
- Replaced the spoils system -
- 29%
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Federal Reserve Act
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established an 8-hr day for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime
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gave assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability
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banned the sale, transport, and manufacturing of alcohol
- Volstead Act was passed to support this
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Upheld the Espoinage and Sedition Acts passed during World War I
- "a person could not cry 'fire' in a crowded theater"
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Black workers and WWI veterns clashed
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overturned a 1918 minimum wage law in Washington DC for women
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