A list of terms, acts, policies, and more from Chapter 29 of the American Pageant 13th Edition APUSH textbook.
212703645 | Bull Moose | The unofficial Progressive symbol. | 0 | |
212703646 | Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" | Stated that the government should control the bad trusts, leaving he good trusts alone and free to operate. | 1 | |
212703647 | Wilson's "New Freedom" | Favored small enterprise, desired to break up all trusts and basically shunned social-welfare proposals. | 2 | |
212703648 | Triple Wall of Privelege | The tariff, the banks, and the trusts. | 3 | |
212703661 | Underwood Tariff of 1913 | Substantially reduced import fees and enacted a graduated income tax (16th Amendment). | 4 | |
212703662 | "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" | Written in 1914 by Louis D Brandeis, exposed the financial problems of America at the time of the war. | 5 | |
212703663 | Federal Reserve Act of 1913 | Created the Federal Reserve Board, which oversaw a nationwide system of 12 regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank, and had the power to issue paper money. | 6 | |
212703664 | Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 | Empowered a president-appointed position to investigate trusts and stop unfair trade practices such as mislabeling and bribery. | 7 | |
212703814 | Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 | Lengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act's list of practices, exempted labor unions from being called trusts, and legalized strikes and peaceful picketing by labor union members. | 8 | |
212703815 | Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 | Made credit available to farmers at low rates of interest. | 9 | |
212703816 | Warehouse Act of 1916 | Permitted loans on the security of staple crops. | 10 | |
212703817 | La Follette Seamen's Act of 1915 | Required good treatment of America's sailors. | 11 | |
212703818 | Workingmen's Compensation Act of 1916 | Granted assistance of federal civil-service employees during periods of instability. | 12 | |
212703819 | Adamson Act of 1916 | Established an 8-hour workday with overtime pay. | 13 | |
212703820 | Louis Brandeis | First Jew ever nominated to the Supreme Court. | 14 | |
212703821 | Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912 | Let American shippers not pay tolls for using the canal. | 15 | |
212703822 | Jones Act of 1916 | Granted full territorial status to the Philippines and promised independence as soon as a stable government could be established. | 16 | |
212703823 | Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Combination bandit/freedom fighter who murdered 16 Americans in January of 1916 in Mexico and killed 19 more a month later in New Mexico. | 17 | |
212703824 | Lusitania Attack | German U-boats sunk a British passenger liner, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. | 18 | |
212703825 | Sussex Pledge | Germany agreed not to sink passenger ships or merchant vessels without warning. | 19 |