HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Monroe Doctrine, United Fruit Company, Panama Canal Zone
13 Feb 2017
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Progressivism takes place at national level claiming members in both parties (d and r) American values of hard work, independence and ruggedness thus wilderness had to be protected. Directed the justice department to institute prosecutions under the sherman antitrust. 1904: supreme court ordered that the northern securities company (j. p morgan) be dismantled for violating the s. a. a revived the interstate commerce commission (ekins and hepburn acts) to go after railway monopolies. Square deal: laissez-faire approach to big business -> replaced with greater governmental regulation to protect the general public. Teddy runs for the election; platform is government should act as a mediator between competing interests: wins 1904 election. Upton sinclair (muckraker): releases the jungle demonstrating the abuses of the meatpacking industry: 1906: pure food and drug act and meat inspection act. Teddy expands influence and power of the executive: passes 1,007 executive orders.
