https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn Made with excitement 😁 en-us 2017-11-20 19:46:45 UTC 2017-11-20 20:47:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874056 2017-11-20 19:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874056 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874168 The various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration ]]> 2017-11-20 19:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874168 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874935 Government activities which are aimed at breaking up monopolies and trusts]]> 2017-11-20 19:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208874935 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208875850 140,000 coal miners went on strike in Pennsylvania and demanded a 20% raise, a nine hour work day and the right to organize a union. This resulted in the miners winning a 10% pay hike and a shorter, nine hour work day]]> 2017-11-20 19:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208875850 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208876901 After Roosevelt read “the jungle“ by Upton Sinclair he pushed for the passage of the Meat Inspection Act. In 1906 the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed this stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.]]> 2017-11-20 19:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208876901 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208878199 The federal government paid very little attention to the nations natural resources before Roosevelt’s presidency, In 1903 John Muir persuaded the president to set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves. Both Roosevelt and Pinchot were conservationists which to them meant that some wilderness areas would be preserved while other areas would be used for good. ]]> 2017-11-20 19:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208878199 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208879702 Washington faced opposition from WEB DuBois for blaming black poverty on blacks and for his accomodation of segregationists. In 1905 DuBois and other advocates held a civil rights conference in Niagara Falls and in 1909 they founded the NAACP. They aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races ]]> 2017-11-20 20:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208879702 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882075 2017-11-20 20:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882075 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882172 A compromise that only moderated the high rates of the Aldrich Bill. This made progressives who believed Taft had abandoned progressivism angry. ]]> 2017-11-20 20:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882172 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882843 When Pinchot added his voice in congressional testimony, he accused Ballinger of letting commercial interests exploit the natural resources that rightfully belonged to the public, president Taft agreed with Ballinger and he fired Pinchot. ]]> 2017-11-20 20:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208882843 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208883995 Joe Cannon was a house speaker from Illinois, as chairman of the House Rules Committee Cannon often weakened or ignored progressive bills. Reform-minded Republicans made the decision to strip Cannon of his power.]]> 2017-11-20 20:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208883995 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208884913 By the elections of 1910 the Republican Party was crumbling, the progressives were on one side and the “old guard” on another. The Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives when the Republicans lost the election.]]> 2017-11-20 20:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208884913 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208885747 In the election of 1912 Wilson obtained only 42% of the popular vote, he won an overwhelming electoral victory and a democratic majority in congress. Roosevelt defeated Taft in both the popular and electoral votes but reform claimed the real victory with more than 75% of the vote going to the reform candidates]]> 2017-11-20 20:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208885747 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208886981 2017-11-20 20:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208886981 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208887061 The clayton anitrust act sought to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The Clayton act prohibited corporations from acquiring the stock of another if doing so would create a monopoly.]]> 2017-11-20 20:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208887061 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208887789 The Federal Trade act was the second antitrust measure this was given the power to investigate possible violations of regulatory statues, to require periodic reports from corporations and as well as to put and end to a number of unfair business practices.]]> 2017-11-20 20:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208887789 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208888499 The Underwood Tariff would reduce tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War. Wilson summoned congress to a special session to plead his case. ]]> 2017-11-20 20:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208888499 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208889750 The 16th amendment legalized a graduated federal income tax which provided revenue by taxing individual earnings and corporate profits. Under this, larger incomes were taxed at a higher rate than smaller incomes]]> 2017-11-20 20:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208889750 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208890611 During this time the nation needed a way to strengthen the ways in which banks were run. Wilsons solution was to establish a decentralized private banking system under federal control. The Federal Reserve System was one of Wilsons most enduring achievements this system is still used today. ]]> 2017-11-20 20:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208890611 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208891369 The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. This amendment won final ratification in August 1920-72.]]> 2017-11-20 20:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208891369 1693983 https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208891672 Just like Roosevelt and Taft, Wilson retreated on civil rights once he was in office. He won the support of the NAACP’s black intellectuals and white liberals with his promise to treat blacks equally and speak out against lynching]]> 2017-11-20 20:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1693983/dbhxypxj08tn/wish/208891672