| A | B |
|---|
| 1896 | McKinley and William Jennings Bryan for election |
| 1896 election | McKinley wins; assassinated in 1901 by Czolgosz; Teddy Roosevelt becomes Prez |
| Teddy Roosevelt | controls trusts, conservation, and consumer protection; Elkins act Hepburn Act |
| consumer protection | Pure Food and Drug Act-limited amt of filth in food |
| Meat Inspection Act | federal investigation of packaging started b/c of "The Jungle" |
| Conservation | Newlands Act; govt land could be sold for $$$$$$$$ |
| Antiquities Act | certain public land preserved for national parks |
| Taft | won election of 1908; encourages investment overseas |
| Taft 2 | commits troops to help protect US $$$$$$ |
| Ballinger-Pinchot Affair | Taft tried to show he was conservationist, sets up bureau of mines |
| Ballinger | influenced by SOBs; fires Pinchot |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson platform was New Freedom |
| Republican Party | Called for high tariffs and progressive reform |
| Wilson | Prez during WWI |
| underwood tariff | lowred high tariff passed by Taft |
| Federal Reserve Act 1913 | more secure currency system; organized banks; first real national bank; start paying money |
| Clayton Antitrust act | corrects Sherman Antitrust Act; Federal Trade Commission prevent unfair methods of business |
