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Don’t’ forget the Tim feeney stuff. Launch list. 1. Copy new homework (Exam tommorrow!) 2.Have homework ready to go 3.Explain what this quote means: "I'm for the little fellers, not the Rockefellers.". Homework Answers:. 2a. Trustbuster: To destroy monopolies or trusts. Homework Answers:.
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Launch list • 1. Copy new homework (Exam tommorrow!) • 2.Have homework ready to go • 3.Explain what this quote means: "I'm for the little fellers, not the Rockefellers."
Homework Answers: • 2a. Trustbuster: To destroy monopolies or trusts.
Homework Answers: • 2b. Conservation: Protection of natural resources
Homework Answers: • 2c. National Park: Area preserved by the government for people to visit.
Homework Answers: • 3a. How did Roosevelt feel about trusts? • Wanted to destroy unfair trusts (protect the little fellars) • 3b. What action did he take in the northern securities case? • He sued the RR trust, broke it up
Homework Answers: • 4. Describe 1 action Roosevelt took in the following areas: • Consumer protection– meat inspection/pure food and drug act • Set aside 170,000 acres for national parks
12/6 Robert Lafollette: Progressive Governor of Wisconsin. • Believed that the power should be with the people, not the powerful. • “The will of the people shall be the law of the land” • (Also stood with the little fellars, not the Rockefellers.)
Robert Lafollette: Progressive Governor of Wisconsin. • Regulated the Railroads in Wisconsin to lower prices
Robert Lafollette: Progressive Governor of Wisconsin. • Passes the 17th amendment– the direct election of senators. • Before this, the powers within the political parties got to choose, not the people.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Reformer who urged blacks to fight for equality (fair treatment) • Forms the NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
"Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" , "Mr President, why not make America safe for democracy?"
Protest against a riot that killed 40 afro Americans in St. Louis.