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Summary: Woodrow Wilson begins his first inaugural address by addressing the shift of government to majorly democratic beliefs. He interprets this as a sign that a change in the beliefs of the nation is approaching. Wilson then begins addressing the many successes that America has experienced thus far in their history. This includes both the diversity of the nation, as well as economic and political development. However, Wilson expresses that these wins come at a cost. As human suffering that often paralleled its success. To fix the problems of the past years, Wilson addresses what the nation needs to address in order to progress. These include the correction of foreign tariffs, government policies, and social systems. Woodrow Wilson's inaugural address reflects his later status as a progressive president as he stresses the importance of protecting American citizen through numerous progressive acts: sanitary acts, food acts, and labor laws. Overall Wilson begs the country to supp

Similarities to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act: Both Acts struggled with limiting anti-competitive practices that hurt consumers. They also were meant to limit the power that trusts and monopolies had amassed under the more laissez faire government policies during the golden age. During the following progressive era, many political figures began to reestablish a strong government in order to limit the power of trusts. Both Acts are federal laws, which spread their reach and importance. Differences from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act: The Clayton Anti-Trust Act was meant as a supplement to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, therefore it is much more specific. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited anything, such as trusts, that restrained interstate or foreign trade. This caused the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to be much broader than the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. The Clayton Act was meant to further enforce the previous Anti-Trust Act, it regulated practices that were detrimental to competition and, the

What it is meant to address: This Act was meant to address the horrible working conditions faced by many American children in the early twentieth century. It prohibited the sale of products made by children under the age of sixteen. The Act further regulated products made by children under fourteen years of age, or those who worked more than eight hours a day, or more than six days a week. The Child Labor Act was carefully enforced, and violators would be fined. Inspectors were assigned and given the ability to perform inspections of workplaces and the products they produced. What happened to this well meaning law: President Woodrow Wilson lobbied for this Act until it went into effect September 1, 1917. However, only nine months later the Hammer v. Dagenhart case the Keating-Owen Act was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. This is because the Act relied on the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, which was ruled unconstitutional. Protests against the u

Summary: Martin Luther King Jr. revisits the feelings of hope forged by President Abraham Lincoln when he gave the Emancipation Proclamation. However, King stresses that the freedom promised in that proclamation never came to African Americans, as of 1969. King laments the segregation and poverty African Americans face daily. Martin Luther King Jr. urges the audience to lift itself from the racial injustices that plague America. King also urges the nation to overcome its racial tensions peacefully and without bitterness or hatred. He tells the audience that once the fight begins it can never end until African Americans have gained their freedom at last. After relaying the dreams he has for America to the audience, King turns to faith and god to spread hope for freedom and change. Martin Luther King Jr. reassures his audience that there will be a day when all Americans are able to join hands and experience the freedoms expressed in the very foundation of the nation. Dreams: Martin