LAD#29

After reading the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, this is the summary I came up with:
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act was put in place because of the large number of child workers during the 1900s. People were especially fervent about this issue because there were a number of health and welfare issues when it came to these children. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act tried to put a stop to this by making it illegal to sell and products from a place that employed children under the age of 14 or 16(depending on the specific job), plus under 16 who worked for more than 8 hours a night. Later, during Hammer v. Dagenhart, it was ruled to be unconstitutional, but later on the Revenue Act of 1919 was passed, which also did things to(hopefully) kill off child labor, but was also ruled to be unconstitutional during Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company. Luckily, an amendment was later added that made it so Congress could regulate child labor, and the Fair Labor Standards Act was created and is still in force today.

Child Labor(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

LAD#28

After reading Wilson's first inaugural address, this is the summary I came up with:
Wilson starts by talking about how the Democrats have taken over the House of Representatives and how the Nation needs the Democrats in order to become more successful. He then continues by listing the good things about America and then talks about the downside of the economic expansion, mainly in human lives. After this, he starts to talk about how the government needs to fix these evils. He then proceeds to offer solutions and things that the United States needs to focus on in order for this to happen. He ends with talking about the morality of Americans, which is what will push this change forward.

President Woodrow Wilson(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Wilson's First Inaugural Address

LAD#27

After reading the Clayton Anti-trust Act, this is the summary I came up with:
The Clayton Anti-trust Act starts by talking about how monopolies are no longer allowed in the United States, and along with this things that restrict or hinder trade are not allowed anymore. It also makes it so that prices dropping in order to make competition go out of business is no longer allowed. Finally, it also says that one company can't, indirectly or directly, gain the majority or whole stock of another company that competes with it. All of this, in the end, destroys the monopolies that were rampaging in America at that time.

Monopoly(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Clayton Anti-trust Act

LAD#26

After listening to Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream speech, this is the summary I came up with:
Martin Luther King Jr. starts with talking about the Emancipation Proclamation and how it effected all the slaves, with granting them their freedom. He continues on to say that African Americans are still segregated and chained up(figuratively) in many ways, 100 years later. He continues on to talk about how all the terrible things that the African Americans have to deal with. He then goes on to talk about how the constitution says that everyone is equal and has "certain unalienable rights", but America has broken it's promise and denies the blacks their rights. After this, he says that they(the African Americans) are trying to get these rights, and how they need to do something to get these rights, and immediately. He then says that they will continue to fight for these rights until they get them, but they must do it peacefully. Next, he says that the white man and the black man are connected, so they must not hate each other. After this, MLK lists many issues going on in the nation at that moment which needed to be changed. He then says that there is hope that things will change. Following this, Martin Luther says his famous "I have a dream" lines, which express his hope that the white and black man would be equal one day, in every way there is. He then says that the day of equality will come one day. He then finishes by saying that in order for America to be truly great, there must be freedom in the form of equality every single place in the United States.

MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(video)
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(text)

LAD#25

After reading the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, this is the summary I came up with:
This act took the Native American's lands and broke it up between the natives, hoping for the people to become more westernized and use more American techniques of farming. This also set up the reservations for the native people. This act also set up the taking and selling of native lands in the future.

Dawes Severalty Act(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:

Dawes Severalty Act of 1887