HIST 151 003 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 21 Progressivism from Grass Roots to the White House 1890 1916 Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 21 Progressivism from Grass Roots to the White House 1890 1916 cont Recall Referendum and Initiative TR Trust Buster Hepburn Railway Act Clayton Act Federal Reserve Act Muller V Oregon Brandeis Brief Current Lecture Recall Referendum and Initiative Three general examples of Progressivism all apply to the 50 states Recall the ability of the People to remove an elected official depending on the state o Requires a replacement and an election o The People do not have the power to remove the President those powers belong to the Legislative Branch Referendum A measure created by state legislators o Legislators that wish to effect change in society keep their opinions to themselves and instead ask the opinion of the People for their ideas and suggestions o They ll ask for the People s opinions on controversial items or if they do not want to be held accountable for making regrettable decisions as well as taking an account of how the people feel Initiative Allows people to initiate a law on their own a ballot proposal o Can effect legal and national change TR Trust Buster Hepburn Railway Act TR Teddy Roosevelt Trust Buster dismantled monopolies Youngest man in the White House Republican cowboy Progressivist Committed to the landscape and foreign policy As focused on the international world as he was focused on the domestic agenda Created a new cabinet position Department of Commerce o Focuses on business industry and buying and selling o Addressed growing concern that businesses and corporations were dominating TR has a list two sides to the list good and bad These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Bad list contained all of the owners of monopolies top of the list Rockefeller and the meat packing industry typically any men that Roosevelt held in low esteem was on the list Hepburn Railway Act Enforced the language in the Interstate Commerce Act Enforced fines for those who disobeyed violated any aspect Initiated standard book keeping practices for railroads later transformed to regulations for Semi trucks Clayton Act The Sherman Anti trust Act did not have teeth o Suggested that monopolies existed and restrained trade Clayton Anti Trust act had teeth o If someone was found to be in a combination monopoly that restrained in trade they would be dismantled permanently Federal Reserve Act Interest rates are determined by the Federal Reserves The Federal Reserve was set up because of the Act signed into law in the early 19 teens Set up a compromise between public Government and private Titans Federal Chair watches over the interest market Fed sets the rates for every financial transaction Brought public and private concerns under one umbrella Credit becomes more easily obtained Set up Federal Reserve banks across the nation If this were not in place the Great Depression would have come much earlier and would have been more catastrophic Muller V Oregon Brandeis Brief Oregon jumped on the Progressive bandwagon Passes an act and a law that restricts the number of hours a woman can work limits to 8 o Businesses were outraged sued Oregon Muller v Oregon U S Supreme Court decision Argued by Lewis Brandeis a radical o Believed women should be allowed to go home after 8 hours of work o Argued mitigating circumstantial issues woman suffer from more miscarriages abuse at home and are more likely to neglect their children Known as the Brandeis Brief Oregon won the court case