LAD #29: Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

Summary:

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 was the first attempt to limit child labor. It forbade the sale of goods produced by child labor and limited the hours. The Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional because it was more regulation than was allowed.


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LAD #28: Wilson's First Inaugural

Summary:

(March 1913)

The Democratic Party has been very successful because the people seek to use it to change plans and point of view. Our life contains great things, but evil has crept into it. The government has used people for its own selfish purposes. And now it is our job to clean, to rid it of the evil without disturbing the good. We have perhaps the most efficient of industries, but we have not studied the costs. The government must safeguard the the health of the nation. The nation, stirred by a solemn passion, seeks to return the government and this society to justice. This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication.



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LAD #27: Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Summary:

Sec. 2. Companies can't have different prices for the same product for different customers.

Sec. 3. One can't make a sale or contract for a lower price to another in order to lessen competition.

Sec. 7. A company may not buy stock or capital in another company in order to lessen the competition between the two companies or create a monopoly.



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LAD #26: MLK's 'I Have a Dream' Speech

Summary:

100 years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, the negro is still not free. In a sense, we, the greatest demonstration for freedom, have come to cash a check for our unalienable rights. We can't luxuriate in gradualism, for this moment of racial justice is urgent. But as we are given this justice, we must not drink from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must walk together with the white men, and we cannot turn back. Do not wallow in despair, for I have a dream, rooted in the American Dream, that America will fulfill its promise, and that we will live as brothers and sisters in harmony. And when we let freedom ring from every village and from every mountainside, all people will sing "thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"



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LAD #25: Dawes Severalty Act

Summary:

(1887) Land from reservations will be allotted to individuals. Indians who are born in the US and take up the role of citizen are citizens of the US and enjoy all of the rights and protections that come with it.


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LAD #24: Cross of Gold Speech

Summary:

(July 1896) The gold standard is not the best option for the American people even though the Republican Party stands by it. It is in the best interest for the masses if silver can be used for currency.


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LAD #23: Populists Party Platform

Summary:

(1892) In reaction to the injustice of the business tycoons, we work to put the power back in the hands of the plain people. Labor unions must be legal and the government should own and regulate the railroads. Currency needs to be stable and in the hands of the people not the government. Land is the heritage of the people and should not be dominated for special interests. We demand that the Pinkerton force be dissolved. The president and vice president should be limited to one term and senators should be elected directly by the people.



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LAD #22: McKinley's War Message

Summary:

(April 11, 1898) The Cuban resistance to Spanish rule over the past decades has hurt American trade. The war is such that there is no clear end in sight. We now have to recognize Cuba as an independent nation and intervene as a neutral country. We are justified in doing so for the people of Cuba and for the people of the United States. The destruction of the Maine is proof that the situation in Cuba is intolerable. The President asks Congress to allow him to end hostilities in Cuba and set up a stable government.



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