Public pressure- states tried to regulate RR & trusts and SC ruled unconstitutional
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890- attempt by congress to appease country; had little impact
McKinley Tariff 1890- highest protective tariff every; didn’t really prevent monopolies and angered public
Interstate Commerce Act-1887-banned discrimination in rates between long and short hauls, required that RR publish their rate schedules and file them with the gov’t
Due to pressure by the American people to regulate corrupt businesses and monopolies congress passed several acts that limited particular industries, however these acts had little practical effect.
If you’re talking about world war 1, Russia entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when Germany declared war on it. In accordance with its war plan, Germany ignored Russia and moved first against France—declaring war on August 3 and sending its main armies through Belgium to attack Paris from the north.
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Gallatin believed that Manifest Destiny was nothing more than greed to control the continent. It was a false name and idea for the true purpose. O'Sullivan saw Manifest Destiny as many in the US did: Progress and the Fate of the US. We were "destined" to control everything and that one should move out of the way of progress or be run over by it.
They were needed to transport, process, and sell the cotton.
