LAD #31

Wilson's 14 points summarized

• time for a peace and settlement agreement
• russians are more safe
• central powers better represented by civilians
• World peace will only last with...
• diplomacy
• freedom of the seas
• removal of economic barriers between countries
• no militarism
• impartiality according to colonialism
• the evacuation of Russian territory
• Belgium is free
• France is returned to its original glory
• Italy shall be corrected
• Austria-Hungary should be allowed no restrictions
• the Turkish and those under their rule should be free
• Polish should have access to the sea and be free
• League of Nations should be formed

LAD #30

Schneck vs U.S. case summary

• Charles Schneck was part of the head of the Socialist Party in America
• wrote letters to convince people not submit to the draft
• said it was part of a capitalist ploy
• People said that Schneck violated the Espionage Act
• Supreme Court justified this accusation
• cited 1st amendment
• 'a clear and present danger' [the war)]
• reason to deny his right to free speech

LAD #29

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

• use the government's role to regulate interstate commerce to fight against child labor
• banned the sale of products from any factory that...
•  employed children younger than 14
• employed children under 16
• any factory that made children under 16 work more than eight hours
• effective until it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the 1918 case Hammer vs. Dagenhar

LAD #28

Wilson's First Inaugural Summarized

• Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, won the Presidency in 1912 when the Republican vote was split between the Taft and Roosevelt. 
• addresses the gradual change in the government to favor the Democratic Party
• claims that now the government's and the nation's job is to cleanse and correct the evils brought about by the heedlessness of the country's industrialization
• addresses issues
• need to alter the foreign tariff
•  the banking system
• the industrial system
• the agricultural system

LAD #27

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act Summarized

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(from Lindsay Iuppa)

• act prohibits price discrimination between different purchasers if such discrimination substantially lessens competition or tends to create a monopoly in any line of commerce
• prohibits "exclusive dealings"
• consumer agrees to only buy from one seller
• also prohibits "tying"
• buyer agrees to buy one product in collaboration with another
•  it prohibits any one person from being a director of two or more competing corporations