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Freeing individuals and business from federal control
Protecting farmers and small business from corporate power
Strengthening government as an instrument of social betterment
Organizing workers into a unified and class-conscious political party
Socialists, social gospelers, women, and muckraking journalists
Union leaders, machine politicians, immigrants, and engineers
Bankers, advertisers, and scientists
Athletes, entertainers, and musicians
Urban politics and government
Oil and railroad industries
The Army and Navy
Child labor and "white slave" traffic in women
Poor farmers
Urban workers
Urban middle-class people
Wealthy people
Organized political parties. and direct election of representatives to congress
An Equal Rights Amendment, federal financing of elections.
Civil service reform, and racial integration
Initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and women's suffrage
Massachusetts/Maine
Wisconsin/Oregon/California
Indiana/Texas/Nevada
New York/Florida
New York's law establishing a 10 hour work day for bakeries was unconstitutional
New York could not regulate the liquor industry
New York could not pass laws giving special protection to female workers
Urging labor and management to negotiate a settlement
Passing federal legislation legalizing unions
Forcing mediation by threatening to use military force
Declaring a national state of emergency
Better protection for industrial workers
More effective regulation of railroad industry
Protection for consumers of beef and produce
Breaking up the Oil monopoly
Agricultural and mining legislation
Stock market and securities legislation
Immigration and racial legislation
Consumer and conservation legislation
Continue and extend Teddy's progressive policies
Forge a coalition with William Jennings Bryan and the Democrats
Swing the Republcan Party in a radical direction
Turn away from Teddy and toward the conservative wing of the Republicans
Dollar diplomacy/military intervention in the Caribbean
Labor union rights and women's concerns
Trust busting, tariffs, and conservation
Regulation of railroad industry
He had never believed in their principles
He could no longer stand to be in the same party as Taft
Taft used his control of the party to deny Teddy the nomination
Teddy thought he'd have a better chance as a third party
His policies were more popular with the public
Taft and Teddy split the former Republican vote
The Socialists took away 1 million votes from the Republicans
Teddy was able to carry only the South
His lack of skill in public speaking
His inability to grasp the complexities of governmental issues
His tendency to be inflexible and refuse to cooperate
His lack of overarching political ideals
Farmers, shippers, and the military
Tariffs, banks, and trusts
Universities, clubs, and gentry
Congressional leaders, lobbyists, and lawyers
Prohibition of liquor
Women's suffrage
Voting rights for blacks
Federal income tax
The Federal Trade Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission
The Federal Reserve System
Consumer Products Safety Comission
Industries essential to national defense
Agricultural and labor organization
Oil and steel industries
Professional organization of doctors and lawyers
Establishing a 3rd Bank of the U.S to issue and regulate currency
Take the U.S off the gold standard
Establishing a publically controlled Federal Reserve Board with regional banks under the bankers' control
Giving authority to regulate banking/currency to the states
Women
Blacks
Children
Farmers
Pursue a middle ground to curb corporate/labor issues
Side with labor in nearly all matters
Support ownership, unless it's in violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Remain outside or above the issue
Some controls were necessary, but large scale industrial growth and production were natural/beneficial
Trusts represented corporate abuses and worker exploitation
A return to smaller scale corporate development was necessary
Large trusts were desirable as long as owners recognized the rights of unions to organize/represent workers
Created the Interstate Commerce Commission
Required the burden of proof of railroad company abuses upon the courts
Established the Department of Commerce/Bureau of Corporations
Broadened the jurisdiction/increased power of the ICC allowing it to establish maximum railroad rates
Republicans were seen to oppose wholesale tariff reduction
Progressive republicans were alienated from Taft and turned towards Teddy
The power of "Uncle Joe" Cannon as Speaker of the house was strengthened, stifling reform impetus
Democrats supported the act, improving their imaga in future elections
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