Food And Drug Act 1906

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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906): An act which prevents the production and sale of food, drugs, alcohol, or medicines which are considered poisonous or misbranded. this act was passed in 1906 and was purposed for protecting the public from any consumerism based harm. It was also made in response to various cases where consumers were caused medical harm by the ill preparation of food or falsified medicine. Upton Sinclair (See: Upton Sinclair) brought light to a plethora of problems that occurred when food productions were unmonitored. He wrote them all out in ‘The Jungle’, a book which became something of a scandal when it was published. President Roosevelt (See: Theodore Roosevelt) was in such large favour of this Act which he passed,
since the occurrences of what had been documented in ‘The Jungle’, he almost became a vegetarian. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h917.html Presidential election of 1912: The presidential election of 1912 was an election which Howard Taft(See: Howard Taft), representing the republican party, ran and eventually won against Theodore Roosevelt (see: Theodore Roosevelt), representing the democratic party. There were suspicions of Taft having cheated the voting system, though these suspicions were never proven. There was a certain amount of drama introduced into the race since Roosevelt and Taft were good friends, torn by the election. Eventually Taft one with overall majority. During this election, the Republican party also split into Nationalism and Progressivism. http://www.ushistory.org/us/43f.asp Federal Reserve Act (1913): In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve act which developed the Federal Reserve. The federal reserve is a federal bank which is provided to the public as a free, financial system. This act was passed when Woodrow Wilson during his presidency for the public after issues with there not being a dependable bank. There were twelve districts where banks from the Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/fract.htm Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914): This act reinforced the Sherman Antitrust act in that it helped the abolishment of trust and went further to try to ban competitiveness with businesses more so than before. It addresses price discrimination in businesses. This included random price drops, trust, and other tactics. http://www.antitrustlaws.org/Clayton-Act.html Federal Trade Commission Act (1914): This act established the Federal Trade Commision which was set out to further abolish unfair competition between businesses. It’s enforced by the FTC which swears to uphold of the contingencies of the Act. It was first started in response to there being a severe lack of regulation in business. https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc Keating Owen Act (1916): The Keating-Owen Act prohibits any selling of products or material which was produced by the work of children under fourteen years old. Stories such as Oliver Twist, written by Dickens, were made to make a statement of how child labour was inherently and morally wrong. Many child would suffer from factory induced injuries or have their childhoods completely robbed from them. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=59 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1913-1919): The 16th Amendment, also called the Tax Income Amendment, is an amendment passed in 1909 by Congress to outline more so the growing American economy. It established a taxation system, while was fairly ironic by America’s past history, was more standard than the past English system. Congress induced a flat tax of three percent and soon added more to it. It progressed American in the way that it lead to a more strong economy and well thought out economic system. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=57 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1913-1919):The 17th Amendment addressed the lack of direct voting for senators and established a system where the public was able to elect senators publicly, providing that opportunity to everyone. It also established certain qualifications and needs that those running for senate would be required to make. The progression of the 17th amendment can be encapsulated by how it improved the American democracy. http://www.government-and-constitution.org/amendments/17th-amendment.htm 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1913-1919): The 19th Amendment guarantees women the right to vote in the US. It was ratified in 1920 in response to the marches and protest which women held for their right to vote. This was a major step into the more equal world which America was evolving into. This was a sign of progression, as it progressed into an age of more equality. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=63

Lincoln Steffens:
Lincoln Steffens was a New York reporter very specifically known throughout the time that he lived (1966-1936) for his book titled ‘The Shame of the Cities’, which encircled many issues with lack of regulation throughout places such as food and drug industries. http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-00644.html Eugene Debs: He was born in 1855 in terre, Indiana his family were french alsatian immigrants. In 1892 he formed the american railway union. He also lead the pullman strike, which was declared illegal by a court injunction. Eugene Debs was arrested as troops were sent in to stop the strikers. He ran for president 5 times, one of those times he ran he was in jail. http://www.ushistory.org/us/37e.asp Carrie Chapman Cat: She helped fight for women's right to vote, by doing so she helped with passing the 19th amendment in 1920. Carrie Cat was a feminist icon which widely influencned the people as a whole in her work of social justice. http://www.biography.com/people/carrie-chapman-catt-9241831#profile Upton Sinclair: He was an author who made multiple influential books, before, during and after each time he ran for california's state governor. One of his books called the jungle, was about the meat process and how unsanitary it was. Upton Sinclair helped him make the process for meat cleaner and have standards. http://www.ssa.gov/history/sinclair.html
Jane Addams: She won a nobel peace prize as a pioneer of a social work, as a feminist and as an internationalist . She believed that women's voices should be heard in legislation, and that they should have the right to vote. she also believed that women should generate their own hopes and dreams, and that they should try to reach them she also created a house called the hull house, this house was meant to help aid the poor. It offered a daycare for families with young children, a kindergarten, a boys and girls club for the older youth, later it opened a coffee shop for the adults to meet up and socialize. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4948
Booker T.
Washington: He started a school for colored people called Tuskegee normal and industrial institute, he wanted to help prove that colored people could work just as hard and get successful as non colored people. He was mainly influenced by the beliefs of DuBois and Washington, which influenced how he worked through life and why he developed Tuskegee. He noticed the amount of racial inequality and new that by giving coloured people the ability of education, then it would assist them greatly. http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663 W.E.B. DuBois: He was an american civil rights activist, leader, Pan-africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar he became a naturalised citizen at the age of 95, he also was the secretary of the niagara
movement. http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-w.e.b.-dubois Robert LaFollette: He was county attorney in southern wisconsin in 1880, he ran for congress in 1888 but in 1890 failed to be re-elected. He then started an organization within the republican party. He campaigned on issues such as tax reform, political democracy, regulation of corporations, and a direct primary to select the candidates for the political parties. He persuaded the legislature to pass tax the railroads, establish a transportation commissioner to regulate railroads, reform the state civil service, and to credit direct primaries for party candidates. He also created the Wisconsin idea, this idea was about improving transportation, insurance, civil service, conservation, highways, and of industry. The wisconsin idea, helped form the way our world looks like, and how day to day travels go. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401804565.html http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/lafollette.htm William Jennings Bryan: He was the Nebraskan congressman in 1890 He campaigned for peace prohibition, suffrage, and criticized the teaching of evolution when he was secretary of state till 1914. It is notable that he ran for the 1900 presidential election, which showed progression in the fact that he was against new American currency, as there was issues with devaluing the currency. He also ran a third time for presidency, losing yet again. http://www.history.com/topics/william-jennings-bryan Theodore Roosevelt: When president William Mckinley was assassinated Theodore Roosevelt became our 26th president, at the age of 43, the youngest in US history. His beliefs were that he should take all actions possible unless forbidden by the constitution for the good of the people. He was born into a rich family yet he still did have struggles himself- ill health. https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/theodoreroosevelt
Woodrow Wilson: He saw himself as the representative for the people. In 1917 he he claimed going into World War 1 “ a crusade to make the world safe for democracy” He was born in Virginia in 1856. He was a minister's son who during the civil war was a pastor in augusta georgia and while there was reconstruction a professor in columbia, South Carolina. https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/woodrowwilson Groups
Women’s Christian temperance Union: This was an organization of women who were concerned about the destructive things drugs and alcohol could do and the impact it had on family and society. They would meet in churches and marched to saloons to ask them to close. They dealt mainly with purifying the ‘evils’ with alcohol and association of it. They tried to ban alcohol completely. they believed if you didn’t drink alcohol you were more productive. Its attempt, though only an attempt in itself, it progressed in the fact that it helped trying to ‘purify’ cities. http://www.wctu.org/ Niagara Movement: This was a civil rights group which was organized by W.
E. B. Dubois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905. They were against Booker T. Washington's philosophy of accommodationism. There were several public writings by members of this group that disagreed on his philosophy, like William Monroe Trotter and W. E. B. Dubois. They didn't agree with his lower standards towards african americans. This organization would try to get legal changes bringing up issues such as crime, economics, religion, health, and education. There main goal was to end segregation. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/niagara-movement-1905-1909
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
The NAACP established a system which people of colour run to defend their civil rights. It was established by WEB Du Bois, in an attempt to help coloured people through the time period they were facing, which dealt with an enormous amount of racism from society as a whole. It helped progress by helping POC people have the same rights as white people.
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