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dtothepoor.Byusingthe resourcespeoplewithwealthhavetoaidoverallsociety,theyare,inasense,fulfillingthegeneral requirementstotheideaofphilanthropy.Whilegivingaidtothepoorisindeedphilanthropic,itismore ofawaytogowhendoingphilanthropy. 28.DuringWoodrowWilsonsadministration,thefederalgovernmentattemptedtocounteractthe economicinfluenceofbigbusinessbyestablishingtheFederalTradeCommission.Whiletheapplication ofthe14thAmendmentwasused,itdidnotnecessarilycounteracttheeconomicinfluenceofbig businesses;itwasmoreorlessusedincasesofemployingAfricanAmericans.Byestablishingthe FederalTradeCommission,WoodrowWilsonwouldbeabletosupervisethebigbusinesses. 41.AftertheGrangerlawsranintolegalproblemsandwereoverturnedinthecaseofWabashv.Illinois, CongressattemptedtoprovidereliefthroughtheInterstateCommerceAct,nottheShermanAntiTrust Act.
EmmaSalino Period6 OttosAPUSH th 48.The.U.S.economyinthelate19 centurywascharacterizedbythecontrolofindustriesbybankers, notbytheacceptanceofunionsandcollectivebargaining. 51.Theconceptofthegospelofwealthisreflectedinthestatementthateachmanhadadutyto becomerich,butnotbythestatement,Moneyshouldbedistributedtothepoorandthehomeless 53.AlfredT.Mahanisbestknownforhiswritingsabouttheimportanceofseapower.Whilehedid writeaboutthesinkingoftheMaine,itwasnothisoveralltopicinhisworks. 56.Greeks,Slovaks,andPoleswereincludedamongthenewimmigrantsofthenineteenthcentury, whereasScandinavianfarmerswerenot.Industrializationbeganinthemid19thcenturyinScandinavia, which,likeintheU.S.,raiseddiscontentmentwithfarmers.Scandinavianfarmersdidnotimmigrateto theU.S.untilthelate19thcenturies. 60.SensationalnewsstoriesthatstirredtheangeroftheAmericanpublicbestexplainstheinfluenceof yellowjournalismonU.S.foreignpolicyinthe1890s,notthepublishersofNewYorkdailiessuppressed newsthatfavoredCubanrevolutionaries.Yellowjournalismdistortsthenewstocreatesensationsand attractreaders,nottomentionstereotypes. 63.PresidentWilsonbrokediplomaticrelationswithGermanywhenGermanyannouncedthatitwould wageunrestrictedsubmarinewarfareintheAtlantic.TheZimmermannotethatwasinterceptedand madepubliconlyfurtheredU.S.sreasontobecomeinvolvedinthewar. 64.Duringtherailroadexpansionfromthe1860to1900,itistruethatthefourtranscontinentallines werebuiltwithgovernmenthelp;itisnottruethattherewerenolawspassedtoregulaterailroads. 67.Theeconomicpolicythatlookedatcoloniestoproviderawmaterials,trade,andricheswascalled imperialism,notmercantilism.MercantilismprevailedinEurope,alongsidefeudalism.Althoughitdid establishcoloniesfortheupperhandoftrade,imperialismwasamoreinternationalconcept. 68.InhisinterpretationsoftheConstitution,ChiefJusticeJohnMarshallconsistentlystressedthe importanceofastrongcentralgovernment.Hedidnotstresstheimportanceofestablishingjudicial
EmmaSalino Period6 OttosAPUSH review.InthecaseofMarburyv.Madison,Marshallusednationalisticphilosophytomakeastrong centralgovernmentparalleltotheConstitution. 73.ThekitchencabinetthatwasapoliticaldevelopmentduringtheageofJacksondidtheleastto promotedemocracy. 77.ThemostimportantactionsprecedingtheCivilWarwasthepassageoftheKansasNebraskaActin 1854,whichresultedinpermittingpopularsovereigntytodecidewhetherslaverywastobepermitted intheterritories.TheKansasNebraskaActdidnotresultinabasicagreementbetweenmost northernersandsoutherners.Ifanything,theKansasNebraskaActcreatedmoretensionsbetweenthe SouthandNorth.