1912 Platform (name and general description Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Political Party    Republican turned Progressive (Bull Moose) Party  Democratic Party 1912 Platform (name and general description  New Nationalism Protect workers, ensure public health, regulate business “Return to Progressive Ideals”  New Freedom Tariff reduction Banking reform Stronger antitrust legislation Triple wall of privilege “banks/tariffs/trusts Examples of corporate regulation / anti-trust efforts   1903 Elkins Act—RR’s will be fined if they provide special rebates to favored shippers 1906 Hepburn Act—regulated RR rate & set maximums 1904—Breaking up of Northern Securities Trust  1913 Underwood Tariff Act—lowest level in 50 years 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act—strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act, legalized strikes, boycotts, picketing prohibited buying stock of competing companies 1914 created Federal Trade

Examples of efforts on behalf of labor / ordinary Americans Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson   Examples of efforts on behalf of labor / ordinary Americans  1902 United Mineworkers Strike in intervention on laborers behalf Square Deal 1905 Antiquities Act –established Forest Service and National Monuments  Poor civil rights record Segregated the Federal Government Reform efforts (most significant and/or noteworthy  1906 Meat Inspection Act 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act 1902 Newlands Reclamation Act –Federal govt distributes water in SW  16th Amendment –graduated income tax (1913) Fed. Reserve Act—created Fed. Reserve from which banks can borrow to prevent collapse 3 tiered system—Fed. Reserve Bank, 12 Fed. Reserve Banks, private banks