Reforms Flashcards
What are the requirements for fire safety in businesses?
Adequate and inspected fire escapes, doors that open outward, fire alarms and fire drills in all businesses, and a sprinkler system in buildings over 2 stories.
What is the maximum occupancy rule?
Maximum occupancy ensures no overcrowding of the workplace.
What are the door regulations during business hours?
Doors must remain unlocked during business hours.
What is the cost of regulations?
Regulations save lives but cost a lot of tax dollars.
Who were the Progressives?
The Progressives were from both parties who wanted to end laissez-faire government.
What electoral reforms did the Progressives advocate for?
They wanted primary elections for each party, direct voting for senators, initiative and referendums for ordinary people, and recall elections to remove bad politicians.
What is TR’s political program called?
TR’s political program is called the Square Deal.
What are the three elements of the Square Deal?
Control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of the nation’s resources.
What action did TR take against the Northern Securities Company?
TR sued the Northern Securities Company owned by JP Morgan to break up his monopoly on railroads.
How did TR handle the Great Coal Miners strike of 1902?
TR threatened to nationalize the coal mines if the owners did not listen to the miners’ demands.
What did the Elkins and Hepburn Act do?
The Elkins and Hepburn Act gave the ICC more power to regulate railroads.
What was TR’s approach to monopolies?
TR broke up many monopolies into competing companies, which benefited consumers with lower prices.
What department did TR create to investigate trusts?
TR created a Department of Commerce and Labor to investigate trusts and break up those harmful to the US.
What consumer protection laws did TR pass?
TR passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What did the Meat Inspection Act entail?
Government agents will investigate meat plants and give them a grade.
What was required by the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Companies must label all ingredients in products.
What conservation efforts did TR implement?
TR created 23 national parks and monuments, the Antiquities Act, and the National Forest Service.
What is the Antiquities Act?
The Antiquities Act allows a president to declare anything a national monument.
How many acres of forest did TR set aside?
TR set aside 125 million acres of forest in hundreds of national forests.
Who supported TR’s conservation efforts?
Conservationists like John Muir and John Burroughs backed TR’s efforts.
What is the difference between a conservationist and a preservationist?
TR is a conservationist, meaning he supports chopping and replanting rather than strict preservation.
What was the Newlands Act?
The Newlands Act provided federal tax dollars to states to irrigate and dam water in the Southwestern US.
What is the Hetch Hetchy Dam?
The Hetch Hetchy Dam provides water for San Francisco in exchange for half of Yosemite being underwater.
What does the LA Aqueduct do?
The LA Aqueduct provides water to Los Angeles but has destroyed Mono Lake in the Sierras.
