HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sixteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Adamson Act, Clarence Darrow
Class note review 5
Woodrow Wilson
President 1913-1921
Saw America through WWI, negotiated in the Treaty of Versailles, and helped to
establish the League of Nations
Causes of WWI
1. Secret treaties/alliances
2. Sinking of the Lucitania
3. Zimmerman note
4. Increase in weapons, stockpiling of weapons
Countries in the Central Powers
Austria, Germany, Hungary
Countries in the Allies
British, French, Russians, Italians
Teddy Roosevelt
-Served as a Republican president, then changed to a progressive
-Hand chosen successor, William Howard Taft, later elected
-Ends up not liking how Taft leads his presidency
-Upset with what Taft has not done to help the environment
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Robert La Follette
-Senator from Wisconsin
-Sprang forward to lead a new Progressive party
-Ran for president in 1924, didn't win
The Adamson Act (1916)
This law established an eight-hour day for all employees on trains involved in
interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime. The first federal law regulating
the hours of workers in private companies, it was upheld by the Supreme Court
Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
Exempts labor unions and farm coops from prosecution
Muller v. Oregon (1908)
A landmark Supreme Court case in which crusading attorney Louis D. Brandeis
persuaded the Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of limiting the hours
of women workers. Different standard for male and female workers
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
Reversed the ruling in Muller v. Oregon, which had declared women to be
deserving of special protection in the workplace. Women should be treated like
men because of the 19th amendment
Schenck v. United States
A Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage and Sedition Acts, reasoning
that freedom of speech could be curtailed when it posed a "clear and present
danger" to the nation.
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Document Summary
Saw america through wwi, negotiated in the treaty of versailles, and helped to establish the league of nations. Causes of wwi: secret treaties/alliances, sinking of the lucitania, zimmerman note, increase in weapons, stockpiling of weapons. Served as a republican president, then changed to a progressive. Hand chosen successor, william howard taft, later elected. Ends up not liking how taft leads his presidency. Upset with what taft has not done to help the environment. Sprang forward to lead a new progressive party. This law established an eight-hour day for all employees on trains involved in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime. The first federal law regulating the hours of workers in private companies, it was upheld by the supreme court. Exempts labor unions and farm coops from prosecution. A landmark supreme court case in which crusading attorney louis d. brandeis persuaded the supreme court to accept the constitutionality of limiting the hours of women workers.
