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Video Video NY Politician Mom & wife died on same day 1898: Rough Riders (Spanish American War) William McKinley's VP Became youngest president (42) Progressive
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Workers wanted raises, 9 hr work day, right to organize a union Owners wouldn’t compromise T.R got an arbitration commission Result: Legislation?
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Good and bad trusts Won many antitrust suits Northern Securities Company Legislation?
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Elkins Act (1903) Hepburn Act (1906)
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Muckraker: Upton Sinclair: “The Jungle” Congress passed: Meat Inspection Act (1906) Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)
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Set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves 1.5 million acres of waterpower sites 80 million of acres to survey for mineral and water resources Legislation? National Reclamation Act (1902)
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Did really nothing to stop racial discrimination NAACP: (National Assoc. for the advancement for colored people) formed: 1909
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