Reform Movements

REFORM MOVEMENTS FROM 1900-2000


Environmental Reform
Under Roosevelts Presidency
anesthetise federal control over the nations corporeal environment
Believed to preserve its ancient forest, mountains, etc. so the Statesns can apprehend something important about their roots.
To preserve the west Roosevelt established:
oNational Park Service - 1916
o5 peeled national parks
o16 national monuments
o53 wildlife reserves
Public Lands commission - 1903 : Surveyed public lands, inventory them, and established bear systems.
Gifford Pinchett:
oScientific management of natural resources.
New appropriate
Relief, Recovery, Reform.
Saving the banks - he closed all the banks - Bank spend
oEmergency Banking Act (EBA) : made federal loans accessible to private bankers.
oEconomy Act (EA): Committed the authorities to balancing the budget.
oSecond Glass - Steagall Act: Seperated mercantile banking from investment banking.
oFederal deposit insurance corporation( FDIC) : insure the government would protect up to 5,000 dollars of their savings.
The securities/ securities exchange act - commandment on new york stock exchange.
Federal emergency backing administration (FERA) 500 million for relief for the poor.




Civil work administration (cwa) work relief program hired 4 million unemployed people
tug Reform
Government began to side with workers
force unions gained gained credibility and power
National Labor Relations Act(NLRA)- Established the Nastional Labor Relations Board which would supervise union elections and look into accusations of unfair labor practices.
Labor move was reinvigorated

Progressivism
Progressive Presidents- Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Reform for improving the quality of life for americans
Progressives wanted to cleanse and reinvigorate an America whose politics and society were in decline

Populism
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