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

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

14 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

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22 Election of 1912 Electoral Vote Wilson 81.9% Roosevelt 16.6% Taft 1.5%
Popular Vote Wilson % Roosevelt % Taft %

23 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


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