... it on May 20th of that year. This ordinance stated that the territories between the Appalachians and the Mississippi were to be divided into square townships six miles on a side. These townships were then to be divided into thirty-six sections each being one square mile in size. In order to raise money, the government was to auction off this land for no less than one ... government and one was to be set aside for the purpose of public education (Weinstein, pg. 115). Jefferson's plan had its flaws however. The division of the land proved to be inefficient because a great deal of the land...

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... 's requests or he would send in the National Guard to take the mine away from him. This was completely opposite from the way Gilded Age politics worked. Grover Cleveland threatened to use the National Guard to break up the Pullman Strike siding with the company, not with the union. While the public was extremely happy with the deal worked out with the coal company, know as the "square deal," it was very unsuccessful according ... to many historians such as John A. Garraty who says, "In fact the results were by no means so clear cut. The miners gained relatively little and ... ...

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... laws creating an eight hour work day for Federal workers. He then created the Children's Bureau and the Department of Labor. In 1916, the next president Wilson, past the Child Labor Act. This act prohibited the shipment of products manufactured by children under 14 years of age. Roosevelt's policy toward industry was his "Square Deal" policy. In this policy he favored neither business nor labor in disputes ... . When it came to monopolies and trusts Roosevelt strictly enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act. He created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and under the Elkins Act of 1903 ...

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