Jones Act

(noun)

The Jones–Shafroth Act, enacted March 2, 1917, was an Act of Congress and President Wilson that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico. The people of Puerto Rico were empowered to have a popularly-elected Senate, established a bill of rights, Puerto Ricans were collectively made U.S. citizens, and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner to a four year term. It also allowed Puerto Ricans to be conscripted into military service during World War I.

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Examples of Jones Act in the following topics:

  • The Philippine-American War

    • Under the 1902 "Philippine Organic Act," passed by the U.S.
    • But it was not until 14 years later, with the passage of the 1916 Philippine Autonomy Act (or "Jones Act"), that the United States officially promised eventual independence, along with more Philippine control in the meantime over the Philippines.
    • The 1934 Philippine Independence Act created in the following year the Commonwealth of the Philippines, a limited form of independence, and established a process ending in Philippine independence (originally scheduled for 1944, but interrupted and delayed by World War II).

  • Associations

    • (To diagram the relationship of our individual to yet another person would require an additional diagram: Jones may simultaneously be associated with Smith and not associated with Baker. )
    • As noted above, there are many people with whom a given person, Jones, might be associated.
    • 0 = Jones' satisfaction if Baker didn't act at all. 0 = (also) Jones' actual satisfaction, since Baker hasn't acted, or if he acted it had no effect on Jones' satisfaction.

  • The PATRIOT and Freedom Acts

    • Antoine Jones.
    • The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act), also commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of the U.S.
    • The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act's expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.
    • These included the Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act, the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act, and the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE), none of which passed.
    • The USA FREEDOM Act ("Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act"), more commonly known as the Freedom Act, is a U.S. law that was enacted on June 2, 2015, the day after the PATRIOT Act expired.

  • Historical Returns: Market Variability and Volatility

    • For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has generally followed an upward trend from 1900-2009 .
    • Expectations of investors affect how they act, which in turn affects the markets.
    • The Dow Jones Industrial Average has generally increased overall since 1900, but its past performance is not a guarantee of future performance.

  • Women's Activism

    • Prominent leaders of the first-wave feminist movement in the United States include Lucretia Coffin Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, "Mother" Jones, and Susan B.
    • In 1860, New York passed a revised Married Women's Property Act that gave women shared ownership of their children, allowing them to have a say in their children's wills and wages, and granting them the right to inherit property.
    • Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was an American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor and community organizer.
    • "Mother" Jones became largely affiliated with the UMW.
    • "Mother" Jones was ideologically separated from many of the other female activists in the days prior to the Nineteenth Amendment due to her aversion to female suffrage.

  • Metatarsal Fracture

    • A Jones fracture is a fracture of the diaphysis of the fifth metatarsal of the foot .
    • The proximal end, where the Jones fracture occurs, is in the mid portion of the foot.
    • Patients who sustain a Jones fracture have pain over this area, swelling, and difficulty walking.
    • A patient with a Jones fracture may not be aware of the injury, and could mistake it for a sprain.
    • For several reasons, a Jones fracture often does not heal.

  • Solutions to Chapter 1 Exercises

  • The Coase Theorem

    • The Jones family plants pear trees on their property which is adjacent to the Smith family.
    • This is an externality because the Smith family does not pay the Jones family for the utility received from gathering fallen pears.
    • As a result, the Jones family plants too few pear trees.
    • In response, the Jones family can put up a net that will prevent pears from falling on the Smith's side of the property line, eliminating the externality.
    • Alternatively, the Jones could impose a cost on the Smith family if they want to continue to enjoy the pears from the pear trees.

  • "Mother" Jones

    • Mary "Mother" Jones was instrumental in community and labor organization during the late 19th century.
    • Mary Jones became largely affiliated with the United Mine Workers .
    • Mary Jones was ideologically separated from many of the other female activists of the pre- Nineteenth Amendment days due to her aversion to female suffrage .
    • " Jones believed that these wives had an important role to play as the nurturers and motivators of the striking men, but not as fellow workers.
    • " As Mother Jones noted, many of the children at union headquarters had missing fingers and other disabilities.

  • Why go lean?

    • According to James Womack and Daniel Jones, authors of the book Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, the lean process is highly supportive of human dignity and begins by reassuring employees that no jobs will be lost.
    • Womack and Jones go on to claim that if a business cannot (1) quickly reduce its product development time by half, (2) cut its order processing time by 75%, and (3) decrease production times by 90%, then the business is doing something wrong.