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Theodore Roosevelt | nicknamed 'trustbuster'; toy named after him; founded Bull Moose Party |
William Howard Taft | successor of Roosevelt; stuck in bathtub; passed Payne Aldrich Tariff |
Woodrow Wilson | Democrat; supported many economic reforms: Underwood Tariff Act, 16th Ammendment, established Federal Reserve |
Square Deal | political program designed by Roosevelt to treat every citizen fairly |
arbitration | a formal meeting to talk about and settle disagreements |
The Jungle | book written by a muckraker that tells the practices of the meat packing industry (drew attention to meat packing industry) |
National Park Service | help supervise the parks and monuments set up by Roosevelt |
New Nationalism | government plan that called for strong executive, more active business regulation, and additional social welfare measures (Roosevelt) |
Meat Inspection Act | requires inspections of meatpacking plants |
Pure Food and Drug Act | banned manufacture, sale, or transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs |
Upton Sinlair | wrote the Jungle; muckraker |
Bull Moose Party | progressive party formed by Roosevelt to run in 1912 election |
Gifford Pinchot | wanted to save natural resources of US: valued forests because they produced materials needed to build a prosperous home |
16th Ammendment | allowed government to put a tax on people's incomes |
New Freedom | called for government action against monopolies to protect free competition (Wilson) |
Payne Aldrich Tariff | passed by Taft-lowered some tariffs but raised others-was highly critisized by progressives and Democrats |
Clayton Antitrust Act | made federal laws against monopolies stronger (Wilson) |
Federal Reserve Act | established a federal banking system made up of 12 regional Fed Reserve banks and some privately owned ones |
Keating-Owen Act | kept companies from shipping products across state lines if they employed children under age 14 |
Adamson Act | limited workday on country's railroads to 8hrs. |
Underwood Tariff Act | allowed for a tax on personal earnings |
Federal Trade Commission | oversees business practices; enforces business regulations and establishes standards for advertising and product labeling |