Battle For National Reforms Flashcards
Teddy Roosevelt
Took the presidents seat after McKinley was assassinated, youngest president to take office, was a progressive president
Trust Buster
Was the idea of eliminating all trust in the US
Norther Securities Company
400 dollar enterprise by JP Morgan was broken by the Justice department, the Sherman antitrust act invoked against the firm
Square Deal
Promised to give everyone a square deal first target was railroad rates, was Roosevelt’s promise of an equal deal to all suits
Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act
Returned regulatory authority to the government in overseeing railroad rates
Meat inspection act
Helped eliminate many diseases once transmitted in impure meats
Gifford Pinchot
Chief forester who tried to size a million forests and some water power sites still in public domain
John Muir
Founder and leader of the Sierra club, leading preservatists
National Reclamation Act/ Newlands Act
Provided federal funds for the constructions of dams, reservations, and canals in the west
Forest Reserve Act
Allowed the president to set aside land demo the land in public domain
William H Taft
Assumed the presidency in 1909
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Reduced tariff rates scarcely at all and in some areas raises them, created by Taft
New Nationalism
Teddy Roosevelts set of principles that made clear he was no longer as cautious and conservative as he had been. He argued that social justice was only possible through vigorous federal government help and welfare
Progressive Party
Roosevelt’s party bull moose that he launched when he ran for president in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic nominee for president in 1912, only true progressive democrat
New freedom
Wilson’s progressive program, differed from Roosevelt’s plan in its views on economic policies and the trusts
Colonel Edward M House
Wilson’s most powerful advisor, he was from Texas and has never held any political position before. Ne was only a presidential advisor because of his relationship with Wilson
Underwood Simmons Tariff
Also known as USA Revenue Act of 1913, it re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the 16th amendment and lowered tariff rates from 40% to 25% and was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 3, 1913.
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Amendment passed by US congress in 1914 that further proudly Clarification and substance to the Sherman antitrust act of 1840 ok topic shush as price discrimination
, price fixing, and unfair business practices
Federal Reserve Act
Created and established Federal Reserve system, the central banking system of the USA and which created the authority to issue federal reserve notes (US dollar)
Federal Trade Commission
Established the federal trade commission, outlaws unfair methods of competition and outlaws unfair acts or practices the affect commerce
Louis Brandeis
Showed problems of the USA banking system and was the 18th Jewish Supreme Court justice
Portsmouth Conference
Formally ended the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1904. The negotiation took place in August in Portsmouth, NH and were brokered in part by US president Theodore Roosevelt
Russo Japanese War
Military conflict in which Japan defeated Russia becoming the first Asia power to defeat a European power. Roosevelt helped and this war
