GOVT 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Interstate Commerce Act Of 1887, Frank Hague, Southern Democrats

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18 Jun 2018

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Teddy Roosevelt’s Presidency Background Info

•Spanish American War

•acquisition of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam

•increase of railroad

•start of federal regulations of economies

•Interstate Commerce Act

•mass immigration into the US from Eastern/Southern Europe

•cultural clash

•black migration to northern cities

•urbanization

•rise of monopolies and Robber Barons

•Indian Wars

•rise of labor unions

Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism

•1910 speech to troops in Kansas

•worker’s rights: you work hard and should be rewarded

•time of ﬁght between corporations and workers

•US as policemen of the world

•pro-nature/conservation

•establishment of National Parks

F.D. Roosevelt’s Presidency

•political machines: city bosses dominate urban politics

•Frank Hague: boss of Jersey City

•Southern Democrat gangs and northern democratic machines

•city bosses help secure FDR’s win, especially Hague

•political machines provided welfare, especially for immigrants in exchange for

democratic votes

•lots of corruption among the machines: dead people voting, people voting multiple

times

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