HIST 118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Federal Reserve System, Sherman Antitrust Act, Adamson Act
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Female reform organizations: wanted to protect women and children from exploitation. Like francis wilard who wanted to ban alcohol. Social scientists: believed academic research could help solve social problems of the us. Supported political power to expand workers rights. Wanted to improve democratic government, weaken power of bosses like boss tweed. Limited freedom to a select few, only some people could exercise freedom probably so they should get it. Political decision-making belongs to experts who do not have to answer to the electorate(those who vote) Farms flourished, economic total output rose alot. Rise in population = more workers = more consumers. Lot of people working, lots of people wanna buy stuff. Ny population was close to 5 million in population at this time, exceeded that of the other 34 states. 21 cities across the us population exceeded 100,000. Which was not the case a few decades earlier.
