HISTORY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: World War I, Dollar Diplomacy, Industrial Democracy
7 Oct 2016
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Election of 1912, woodrow wilson, and progressive era radicalism. Pinchot-ballinger controversy (1919-10) tr"s chief forester, gifford pinchot accused taft"s. Mann-elkins act (1910) gave the icc the authority to regulate communication companies (telephone, radio, etc) The new nationalism (1910) delivered by tr at the site of a john brown memorial in. Osawatomie, kansas, says that monopolies will exist no matter what legislation is passed but fg should try and monitor and control monopolies as best as possible, embracing a govt that is truly on a national scale. Underwood tariff act (1913) cut tariffs by 15%, eliminated tariff on basic goods (sugar, wool, etc), established 1% income tax on the extremely wealthy, Clayton anti-trust act (1914) strengthen sherman anti-trust act, easier to prosecute violators, labor unions and strikes were legal, free unionization where courts can"t step in to prevent a strike (not effective right away) Us commission on industrial relations (1914) created by taft to discover labor problems in.
