post Cicil War 2/24 Flashcards
What act established conservation commissioners in 41 out of 46 states
White House Conservation Conference 1908
Name of act that money from sale in western states had to be used for irrigation projects?
New lands Reclamation Act 1902
What provided for the creation of the Panama Canal?
White House conservation conference 1908
In election of 1908 republican?
William Taft
What did the William Taft stand for?
Interstate commerce
Conserving natural resources
Improving highway systems
Revising tariffs
Democrat of election of 1908?
William Jennings Bryan
What did William Jennings Bryan stand in?
Privileges and monopoly
Wanted to lower tariffs
Who did the AFL support?
Bryan
Results
Taft 321
Bryan 162
What did the republicans support?
House and senate
What reforms did Taft make?
Department of child labor: <8hour a day for federal jobs
Publicity act: required political parties to make public the sources and amounts of money spent in the campaign
New states in 1912?
New Mexico
Arizona
What new election was made in 1912?
Progressive party
Who ran for the progressive party?
Roosevelt
In election of 1912 who ran for Republican, Democrats?
Repub. : Taft
Demo. : Widrow Wilson
What did Widrow Wilson stand on?
Favored new progressive ideas
Idealist
What were the results of the 1912 election?
Wilson 435
Roosevelt 88
Taft 8
What was the 17th amendment?
Called for the direct election of U.S. senators
What were the peace movements?
Anti-war societies becoming popular in the U.S. And Europe
Industrial technology brought nations closer
What was the Pan American Union?
Delegates from Latin American countries and U.S.