My luminous shelf by Ulises Espinosa https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-11-09 17:26:33 UTC 2025-11-02 08:47:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Square Deal 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205396005 a fair bargain or treatment.]]> 2017-11-09 17:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205396005 Trust Busting 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205398575 Busted about 42 trusts which was helped by the Sherman Antitrust Act]]> 2017-11-09 17:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205398575 1902 Coal Miners Strike 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205401377 It was a strike about the mine workers against the owners of the mine. They fought for better wages, lower working hours, and the recognition of their union. 
Roosevelt later became involved in the strike and put up a fact-finding commission that ended the strike. the strike was ended as the wages were raised to 10% more and working hours went from 10 to 9 hours and the owner got a higher price fr the coal.]]> 2017-11-09 17:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205401377 Meat Inspection Act/Pure food and Drug Act 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205409591 The Pure food and Drug Act was out up so it can prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs such as medicines and liquor, and other products.
Meat Inspection Act was also put up after Roosevelt read "The Jungle" and now it is an american law that makes it a crime to adulterate meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are processed under sanitary conditions.]]> 2017-11-09 17:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205409591 Conservation of Natural Resources and Land 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205414329 Natural resources were heavily exploited, especially in the West. Land speculators and developers took over large tracts of forests. Acreage important to water-power was seized by private concerns. Mining companies practiced improper and wasteful mining practices. Assuming a seemingly inexhaustible supply of natural resources, Americans developed a "tradition of waste." Roosevelt was influenced by Naturalists John Muir and with the help of Gifford Pinchot, Chef of forestry, he set up the Newlands Act of 1902, which funded irrigation projects from the proceeds of the sale of federal lands in the West.]]> 2017-11-09 18:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205414329 Civil Rights-Washington vs DuBois-NAACP 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205419305 Washington and DuBois were both rivals against each other. Both highly accomplished scholars and both committed to the cause of civil rights for blacks in America. Washington believed that it was economic independence and the ability to show themselves as productive members of society that would eventually lead blacks to true equality, and that they should for the time being set aside any demands for civil rights.  Compared to Washington, Du Bois maintained that education and civil rights were the only way to equality, and that conceding their pursuit would simply serve to reinforce the notion of blacks as second-class citizens.]]> 2017-11-09 18:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/205419305 Payne-Aldrich Tariff 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206362664 The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 named for Representative Sereno E. Payne and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.]]> 2017-11-13 17:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206362664 Firing of Gifford Pinchot 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206375451 Friend of Teddy Roosevelt, alienated many progressives within the Republican party and drove a wedge between Taft and Roosevelt himself, leading to the split of the Republican Party in the 1912 presidential election.]]> 2017-11-13 17:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206375451 Support for Joe Cannon 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206376968 Taff’s Support of Joe Cannon alienate progressive Republicans because he often weakened or ignored progressive bills.]]> 2017-11-13 17:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206376968 Republican Party Split 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206382333 In 1912, Roosevelt, dissatisfied with Taft's conservative policies regarding conservation as well his targeting of J.P. Morgan through the Sherman Antitrust Act, declared his intent to run for president. After unsuccessfully attempting to gain the Republican nomination, Roosevelt created a separate Progressive Party,]]> 2017-11-13 17:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/206382333 Loss in the Election of 1912 against Wilson and Roosevelt 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207780880 Wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the Electoral College and winning 42% of the popular vote, while Roosevelt won 27%, Taft 23% and Debs 6%. Wilson became the only elected president from the Democratic Party between 1896 and 1932.]]> 2017-11-16 17:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207780880 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207783538  Passed by the U.S. Congress as an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Actof 1890. ... The Clayton Antitrust Act was the basis for a great many important and much-publicized suits against large corporations.]]> 2017-11-16 17:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207783538 Federal Trade Act 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207784780 established the Federal Trade Commission. The Act signed into law by Woodrow Wilson in 1913, outlaws unfair methods of competition and outlaws unfair or practices that affect commerce.]]> 2017-11-16 17:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207784780 Underwood Tariff 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207786490 re-imposed the federal income tax after the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates.]]> 2017-11-16 17:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/207786490 16th Amendment 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210530699 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.]]> 2017-11-27 17:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210530699 Federal Reserve System 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210531466 The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act,]]> 2017-11-27 17:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210531466 19th A 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210532370 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
]]> 2017-11-27 17:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210532370 Wilson and Civil Rights 171516 https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210533168 e received unprecedented support from black voters while campaigning for his first term. Candidate Wilson promised civil rights organizations that he would advocate for their members and would work to make the country a better place for African Americans.]]> 2017-11-27 17:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/171516/yql42mo945as/wish/210533168