In 1916, Wilson nominated Louis Brandeis, a staunch progressive who had fought in court against the exploitation of women and children workers, to the Supreme Court. He was the first Jewish justice on the Court. Following Brandeis's nomination, Wilson supported improved credit for farmers and workers' compensation for federal employees. He then pushed through a law to eliminate child labor, but the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 1918. When American railroad unions threatened to strike in 1916, Wilson supported and signed into law a bill securing an eight-hour workday for railroad employees—the Adamson Act, which paved the way to shortened workdays for all industrial workers.
It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was the first contested American presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets.
Answer:
Because science, art and culture flourished
Explanation:
The Renaissance is a period of flourishing in the field of culture, science and art, which is characteristic for the period from the end of the 14th to the end of the 16th century. Higher availability of books and study of ancient writers gradually change people's awareness of themselves and the environment that surrounds them.
Numerous wars and an unstable political situation also reflected changes in the Catholic Church whose authority was shaken. Changes were also triggered by geographical discoveries, which, in addition to the exchange of cultures and the development of science, also encouraged eurocentrism, which led to the economic and therefore demographic recovery of the Old Continent at the expense of the New.
Most of the population lives in the countryside, but the population in cities is increasing rapidly. With the greater influx of wealth, the image of society changes with emergence of the middle class and by strengthening the influence of citizenship.
It was the landmark case "Marbury vs. Madison" that allowed the Supreme Court to claim the power of judicial review (the authority to declare a law unconstitutional), since this now acts as one of the major "checks" the court has on the legislative branch.
