LAD #29 Keating-Owen Child Labor Law

This law was created in 1916 to stop all child labor in America and to end the interstate trade of products made by children. Recent census' were collected and showed several million children were working in dangerous factories. This law was created to set an age requirement at either 14 or 16 and was also created to improve working conditions by lowering the children's working hours.

LAD #28 Wilsons First Inaugural

IN Wilson's first inaugural address he highlights the social reforms and political reforms in order to improve society. He spoke of the work ethic and morals of the American people. He went on by explaining how corrupt the Industrial Revolution was and how it had to be fought against. By claiming the governments hands off policy towards big business' should be ended and basic sanitation laws, pure food and working conditions will be passed for the people. He wanted to reform the nation rather than destroying it and that reform is necessary.

LAD #27 Clayton Anti-Trust Act

in 1914 the Clayton Anti Trust Act was created as a response to the Sherman Anti Trust Act, which was used against unions. The Clayton Anti-Trust was created to prevent companies from rebates, inter corporate stock holdings and price cutting. It was basically the Sherman Anti Trust except strikes weren't restricting trade, which was basically for the workers.

LAD #26 MLK's "I Have a Dream' Speech Summary

At the Lincoln Memorial in March 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. had his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech surrounded by several hundred thousands of people who were all there to support his main cause, civil rights. This speech was about how one day we could all envision equality as something similar. MLK felt as if The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't doing the African American community justice and as a result they were still being oppressed. He encouraged all of the negroes to stand up to racism along with white americans to beat racism together. And that one day his children will be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin

LAD #25 Dawes Severalty Act

The Dawes Act of 1887 which was approved by congress was responsible for relocating Native Americans to sections of land each person is assigned, this land is also allowed to be watched or surveyed at any time. This act also continues to describe how much land each Native American is allowed to have. If the native Americans were not given land then they would be permitted to move elsewhere in the United States. This document said that it would only be in effect for 25 years. And once this time period was up the president could decide wether or not to extend the life span. The government said that this was going to benefit the Native Americans by living under United States law and supposedly having equal rights as Americans.

LAD #24 Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech

Bryan opens up his speech by saying he could rival the talented politicians in order to gain the Democratic nomination. He also says that the race is a matter of principle and that he supports the humanitarians running. Bryan claims that every working man is a business man and the most successful businessmen who are pioneers belong to a group known as the Eastern Elite. He defends families against the "aggregated wealth" he supports the newly found unconstitutional income tax law and is against common Democratic beliefs. It is clear that he is confident that his party will win the election and finishes his speech by saying that the U.S. should switch to bimetallism before the other nations do and become ahead

of the whole world as a result. 

LAD #23 Populist Platform

In the Preamble, the Populists give an inflamed introduction to their beliefs, primarily emphasizing how they pledge to correct two primary evils: the broad degeneration of society to build up the few wealthy bond-holders, and the faults of a solely gold-based currency.

In their official platform, they lay out their more specific goals if they were to be elected:
That labor unions will forever be supported
That wealth belongs to the ones who earned it
That the government will start managing railroads and intervening monopolies
And that any land held unnecessarily by railroads or by aliens be reclaimed for use by legitimate settlers, due to the poor management previously

LAD #22 McKinley's War Message

President McKinley gave his war address on April 11th, 1898. In this address, he said that the war in Cuba should be ended for four main points. First he said to end the uncivilized actions in Cuba because it is their obligation as the powerhouse of a country the United States, and how close Cuba is to America. The second reason is because for the greater good, America should free the people of Cuba and allow them to have freedom of life and property. Third, the failure to free the Cubans would result in a devastating  loss to commerce, trade and business, also the destruction of land and property of the Cuban people. The fourth reason that President Mckinley chose to help free the people of Cuba was that the war was a threat to the American people. McKinley argued that in the name of humanity to end the Cuban War, and even after the war is ended the American people should support the country as a whole. Lastly, he mentions that Spain had recently informed America that they were planning on ending hostilities, but not if the conflict in Cuba still existed.