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The best answer I can come up with is that there was significant pressure applied by the American public who were becoming angry with politicians due to the increased corporate influence on politics and the corruption that follows it. After Theodore Roosevelt was implicated after accepting a donation (something like $25,000) he added it to his platform and vowed that if elected he would pass a law that made it illegal for corporations to contribute to political campaigns. He was elected and he made good on his promise and pressured congress into passing the Tillman Act of 1907 which made it illegal for corporations to contribute to political elections (they could still contribute to primaries however). Since the mid 70s though corporate influence on politics has increased dramatically to the point that the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission 2010 decided that it is unconstitutional (violation of the 1st ammend) to ban corporations, associations, and unions from donating funds to political campaigns. Meaning that now corporate influence on politics is at an all time high.
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∙ 10y agosoft money was going into political campaigns
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Who initiated industrialization in the history of art?
It began in the late 1900s
What is the reform efforts of the late 1800's and early 1900s?
Many women took leading rolls in the reform movement
What state had the most progressive reform program in the early 1900s?
Wisconsin
What was the name of the reform movement in the early 1900s concerned with curing problems of urbanization and industrialization?
Progressivism.
What movement encouraged reform in government society and economy in the early 1900s?
The Anti-alcohol movement.
In the US many of the reform movements of the early 1900s were primarily the result of?
industrialization and the growth of cities
Which of the following is the most valid statement about the reform efforts of the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Many women took a leading role in the reform movement
During the late 1800s and early 1900s the growing popularity of reform-minded third parties forced the two major parties to?
) adopt some of the third-parties' policies
Was the 1900s the 18th century?
no i think the 2oth century is the 1900s?
Was the first cellular telephone tested in the 1900s or the 1800s?
1900s
In the 1900s did they hunt for food?
Yes there were those that hunted for food in the 1900s.
Some ideas patented in the 1800s-1900s are?
what are some there inventions in 1800s-1900s
