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It would be the "Fair Labor Standards Act" that <span>included the right to collective bargaining, since it was believed that this would greatly help workers gain better wages. </span>
The framers of the Constitution devised a system wherein no one branch of the Government would be able to dominate.
This means that, by design, each branch of the US Federal system is co-equal.
This ensures that before action is done on behalf of the people of the US by the Federal government, there are adequate safeguards to ensure that what is being done is done within the bounds of the Constitution.
I don't think TV is as important now as it was back then because other than going outside and socializing there wasn't much to do on your own. TV opened up a whole new cultural aspect in America and allowed news to spread more widely.