Refuse to talk to the union Shorter workday More money Roosevelt sends in troops to run the mines!

Why is it a landslide? Important Legislation Follows: Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act National Parks Established

Elkins Act - outlawed rebates Hepburn Act - gave more power over the ICC Meat Inspection Act - allows inspectors into meatpacking houses Pure Food and Drug Act - ingredients are listed and bans false advertising Federal Reserve Act - set up a system of federal banks and gave the government the power to raise or lower interest rates and control the money supply Clayton Antitrust Act - banned business practices that limited free enterprise and stopped antitrust laws from bring used against unions

Election of 1912 Electoral Vote Wilson 81.9% Roosevelt 16.6% Taft 1.5% Popular Vote Wilson 41.83% Roosevelt 27.39% Taft 23.18%

Wilson “Big Business is Dangerous” Goals: 1. Break up monopolies 2 Wilson “Big Business is Dangerous” Goals: 1. Break up monopolies 2. Government help workers in struggle with owners New Freedom Program Clayton Anti-trust Act 1914: Government freedom to regulate trusts, limited ability for courts to end strikes, forbid practices that limit competition Reforms to financial systems: Federal Reserve Act improves monetary and banking system 18th Amendment: Prohibition