Assignment 1: The Interstate Commerce Act (ICC)

John Sherman introduced the Silver and Antitrust laws.  “Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to break up the trust and protect competitive markets, but it took decades for the law to serve its purpose” (“America’s Monopoly Problem” theatlantic.com) However the act did not stop monopolies completely. (“Sherman Anti

The ultimate purpose of Roosevelt's speech was to appeal to anyone who didn't get adequately paid when working in the corporations (New Nationalism speech 1910). He wanted these men to earn what they deserved (New Nationalism speech 1910). Roosevelt’s speech is mainly about how the United States found itself transformed fundamentally after the Civil war and how the war resolved the problem of slavery (New Nationalism speech 1910). It seemed to open new birth of freedom as Abraham Lincoln had hoped, but the potential of American industry had been unleashed, which brought challenges to the country due to new economic and social problems on a national scale (B&N). He tried to stop the big corporations from gaining power (B&N).

By 1840, the Whig Party became a vigorous part in the emerging mass democratic system in the United States. Therefore, even though, despite his unsuccessful attempts to become the president, Clay and his creation of the second party system made progress in establishing mass democracy in the

Roosevelt knew that this was wrong and used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act as a tool to put a stop to the trust that Morgan was trying to establish (140-143). To help prevent future trusts from being formed, Teddy Roosevelt formed the Bureau of Corporations that would investigate businesses and report to Roosevelt if corporations were doing anything suspicious (144-145). Another thing that showed the progressivism of President Roosevelt was his stance on the relations between the workers and owners of businesses. In 1902, approximately 140,000 Pennsylvania coal miners went

used its military advantage to force other countries into doing what it wanted. The reason that the U.S. was so powerful was its strong navy. The navy itself was a result the book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History by Alfred T. Mahan, which showed that great empires in the past grew because they had strong navies (Imperialism & The U.S., Causes of Imperialism, 12/4/17). One example of the U.S. using its strength was in Japan.

Many disagreed with the raising of the tariffs, saying that they would help American manufacturing. The McKinley Tariff act was set in 1890. The official name for this act was “The tariff act of 1890.” “McKinley Tariff” (Wikipedia) This resulted in the average increase of tax across duties across all imports from 38% to 49.5%.

To begin with, the party which was created first was the Populist. It was the farmers’ Alliances that initiated the creation of this party in 1890. From its name, it is clear that the Populist Party is supposed to protect the people’s rights and their needs. Meanwhile, in 1912 reformers from both Republican and Democratic Parties started to

During the 1870s, Canada and Europe suffered a great depression. So in 1878, John A. Macdonald launched his National Policy which introduced tariffs to keep Canadian markets safe from international competition, therefore creating jobs and motivating Canadian industry. He then re-launched the railway project because he felt that the transcontinental railway will help the country in terms of growth. During that time, United States already has a transcontinental railroad pressure from the south. Macdonald’s government granted massive grants to the Canadian Pacific Railway.

A turning point in the spreading of the industrial revolution was in 18 when Boulton and Watts steam engines were being exported to France germany and other west european countries, engineers and scientists had previously traveled to britain to learn from the advancements there and try to implement them home with little success but after this point european countries were very keen by the rosect and marked the start of their own individual industrial revolution. The differences between britain and other countries where based on the location and access to natural resources, culture and society and a lot of other

It is unclear how much the National Guard was actually able to restore order in the strike. The case for the strike later eventually went to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, DC. The National Labor Relations Board decided that the employees of the Kohler Company can choose between two options. They could either choose the company organized Kohler Worker’s Association or the American Federation of Labor’s Union.

The new government also had easily decline the request for backup during conflict of war to prevent siding with one country over the other. This was successfully done twice during President Washington’s two terms. As much as assisting the French during another war with the British would help pay back their debt to the French; it was the wise decision to respectfully decline to avoid any future issues with the Spaniards. Overall, the new American government went through many phases writing and setting laws and amending old ones to continue to build a strong economy as a

Manifest Destiny found its greatest support among Democrats, particularly in the northeastern states, where Democratic newspapers preached the dream of spreading American traditions through nonviolent means. The Whig Party stood in opposition because Whigs feared a growing America would bring with it a spread of slavery. As the century went on, the South came to view Manifest Destiny as an opportunity to secure more territory for the creation of additional slaveholding states in Central America and the Caribbean. Although Manifest Destiny’s idea of nonviolent means to achieve their goal really didn’t happen, by the America’s westward expansion it greatly influenced a war with Mexico and the violent removal of the native

Republicans under Thomas Jefferson favored protecting the interest of the working class men including merchants, farmers, and laborers and sought to create an agrarian economy. Jefferson feared the Bank of the Untied States and thought it represented too much English influences and argued that the constitution didn’t give the power to establish a bank. He states in an excerpt about the national bank. “The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill, have not, in my opinion, been delegated to the United States, by the

The Interstate Commerce Act (ICA) took place on February 4, 1887, when the Senate and House of Representatives granted Congress the power to regulate interstate railroads. This act included all transactions across several states. The Railroad Industry began taking advantage of the public by overcharging farmers, small business owners, and city to city passengers. The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 originally regulated shipping rates on the Railroad system, but later improved delivery of all kinds such as air travel, trucking, and shipping. The Railroad Industry’s unfair practices targeted the public with underhanded prices.

There were many reasons that the Second Continental congress declared independence from Great Britain. Life in the colonies was great, at first, soon after Great Britain started creating crazy amounts of taxes to support the mother country. In the year 1776 the Second Continental Congress officially declared independence from Great Britain. The first thing that Great Britain did to the colonies is they created the Navigational Acts.