EXAM 2 History

Question 1

Lincoln Steffens

Answer 1

Journalist writes about city corruption

1909 publishes the shame of the cities

Question 2

Hazen Pingree

Answer 2

Mayor of Detroit

begin doing gas and water socialism - cities take over these

Mayors looking to change this and seek control from Bosses

He won public approval for a citizen-owned electric light plant and became a national spokesman for municipal ownership and public regulation of utilities and street railways.

Question 3

Samuel “Golden Rule” Jones

Answer 3

Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio 1897 - 1904

Ethic of Reciprocity

Question 4

Granger Laws

Answer 4

1870s regulated the fees grain elevator companies and railroads charged farmers to store and transport their crops.

Question 5

Munn VS. Illinois (1876)

Answer 5

The state is controlling what he can do with private property.

The state says if it deals with the public interest, the state has the right to regulate.

(grain elevator)

Question 6

Wabash VS. Illinois (1886)

Answer 6

(Railroads)

states have the right to regulate railroads but this fails the supreme court bc a state can’t regulate a company that crosses a state line

Question 7

Interstate Commerce Commission (1887)

Answer 7

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be “reasonable and just,” but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.

Question 8

Sherman Anti Trust Act (1890)

Answer 8

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises, which was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. It is named for Sen. John Sherman, its principal author.