01:512:104 : US History AP Notes Chapter 20.doc

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: History, American
• Course: 01:512:104
• Professor: All

Document Summary

As cities became more responsible for well-being of residents, local governments began introducing professional police and firefighting forces, began to finance school systems, public libraries, and parks, expansion demanded huge increases in taxes; different from responsibility before. Modern apparatus of departments, bureaus, and cabinets took shape. Interstate commerce commission the 1887 law that expanded federal power over business by prohibiting pooling and discriminatory rates by railroads and establishing the first federal regulatory agency, the interstate. Only gradually did republicans and democrats adapt to demands of governmental expansion. Presidents in last quarter of century lacked luster; willingly yielded power to congress and state legislatures. Presidential and congressional races very tight between republicans and. Both parties waged large political campaigns in their communities. Party leaders sought large sources of revenue to counter rising costs of maintaining local organizations and organizing massive campaigns. Many political leaders received bribes or stock for supporting businesses. At local level powerful bosses or political machines dominated parties.