ILRLR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Slaughter-House Cases, Due Process
27 Jun 2016
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Ends up being used to preserve liberty of contract. Becomes liberty of contract for corporations instead of citizenship protection for african americans. Allowed employers to do basically whatever they want (eg. can avoid hours laws and minimum wages) Allowed a louisiana group of butchers to monopolize the new orleans meat market. People can pursue private enterprise free from unreasonable government. 19th century industrialization: era of liberation or end of a golden age? interference. Used to describe movements or coalitions that arose to address changes and inequities from industrial capitalism and urbanization. The progressive era refers to a group of movements, not a single movement. Different historical actors had different, sometimes conflicting, goals. What was progress or advancement for one person wasn"t for another. Remedy the corruption in politics and business with transparency. Political reform (fighting political machines and party bosses) Labor reform (protective legislation, regulating child labor, institutionalization of labor unions)
