HIST 151 Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Introducing Progressivism Lafollette and the Wisconsin Idea II Recall Referendum and Initiative III Teddy Roosevelt and the Trust Busters IV Clayton Act Outline of Current Lecture I Federal Reserve Act II Muller v Oregon and the Brandeis Brief III The Jungle Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act IV Addams and Settlement House Movement Current Lecture Federal Reserve Act 1913 Hierarchy for all financial transactions Interest rates are set by them Dreamed up in Roosevelt s administration but wasn t signed in until Wilson Made banks be in the hands of both the government and the people Expanded credit so anybody could borrow money o Helped the poor farmers those who wanted silver for quick cash 12 federal depositories but also privately owned branches All regulated Muller v Oregon and the Brandeis Brief Supreme Court case where Oregon wanted to limit the maximum hours women could work from 15 to 10 o One of the first times the Supreme Court didn t rule conservatively Lewis Brandeis was the lawyer for Oregon and had 15 minutes to argue their side He hadn t even been to Oregon but the woman who came up with the idea wasn t allowed to speak due to her being a woman The Brandeis Brief stated that women should work less hours because scientists said they would become infertile if worked more than 10 As well they would get beaten more often because they wouldn t have dinner ready for their husbands in time Circumstantial evidence and mitigating Basically saying Yes It s wrong for us to ask this but let me tell you why 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 The Jungle Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act Upton Sinclair was writing a fictional book about the poor of Chicago s south side He visited with workers at pubs to get their stories for his piece He noticed they were missing fingers and limbs and found out they all worked at a meat packing plant He went to see the conditions and there were animals hanging from vaulted ceilings dripping innards down onto the men who would then collect the innards off the floor and grind them into sausage The grinding machine didn t have an on or off button and when working quickly limbs were often ground up to the elbow because that was a big enough bone to stop the machine Roosevelt read this fictional work based on real events The Jungle and immediately made the Pure Food and Drug Act as well as the Meat Inspection Act It started by putting an on and off button on meat grinders and making companies label what poisons were in their products Addams and Settlement House Movement Jane Addams was a wealthy socialite with a lot of time and money on her hands She and her friends created the Hull House in Chicago s south side to teach people life skills and give them food and clothing It was called a Settlement House You couldn t live there and they closed every night However you could come in off the streets during the day to eat and learn how to sew cook etc