HIST 1025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Northern Securities Company, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act
February 22
Song: Alexander’s Ragtime Band-Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin popularized ragtime and brought ragtime/jazz to white audiences
III. Reform from Above: Political and Business Initiatives
Readings for this week cover these topics that will not really be discussed in class
Expansionism: Manifest Destiny
Imperialism
Formal (direct control/posession)
Informal (economic/political influence)
3 Key Ideas
Monroe Doctrine (1823)- James Monroe said “no more European colonies in the western
hemisphere”
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
Open Door Policy (Sec. of State John Hay, 1899, 1900)
Open Door World (20th Century)
Spanish American War (1898) (Spanish, American, Puerto Rican, Filipino)
Platt Amendment (1903)- Gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba, judge treaties into which
Cuba enters.
Back to actual lecture:
Conservative reform
Coal Strike (1902), Northern securities case (1902-04), Hepburn Act (1906)- check notes
from last class
Meat Inspection Act (1906)-
Upton Sinclair & The Jungle- Public riled up by the book, originally a message against
capitalism, but people couldn’t really understand that. What they did understand, was the
unsanitary and unhygienic conditions surrounding meat packaging and production discussed in
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Document Summary
Irving berlin popularized ragtime and brought ragtime/jazz to white audiences. Readings for this week cover these topics that will not really be discussed in class. Monroe doctrine (1823)- james monroe said no more european colonies in the western hemisphere . Open door policy (sec. of state john hay, 1899, 1900) Spanish american war (1898) (spanish, american, puerto rican, filipino) Platt amendment (1903)- gave the us the right to intervene in cuba, judge treaties into which. Coal strike (1902), northern securities case (1902-04), hepburn act (1906)- check notes from last class. Upton sinclair & the jungle- public riled up by the book, originally a message against capitalism, but people couldn"t really understand that. What they did understand, was the unsanitary and unhygienic conditions surrounding meat packaging and production discussed in the book. Government began regulating meat production and packaging companies which comforts patrons and also helped to re-bolster sales after the book destroyed sales.
