HIST 151 Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I IWW and Eugene Debs II Manifest Destiny III Alfred T Mahan s famous and influential book IV Secretary of State John Hay and Open Door Notes V Spheres of Influence and Boxer Rebellion VI Remember the Maine why go to war with Spain VII Teller Amendment followed by Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders VIII Hurt and Pulitzer s Splendid Little War IX Platt Amendment and Guantanamo X Consequences of the Spanish American War Outline of Current Lecture I Introducing Progressivism Lafollette and the Wisconsin Idea II Recall Referendum and Initiative III Teddy Roosevelt and the Trust Busters IV Clayton Act Current Lecture Introducing Progressivism Lafollette and the Wisconsin Idea Progressivism isn t Democratic OR Republican Begins during Roosevelt s administration even though he was a registered Republican He was for the people o Roosevelt gets into office because McKinley is assassinated He was made vice president because he was a Spanish American war hero A cowboy Progressivism really begins in Wisconsin with its governor Robert Lafollette He hatches a Laboratory of Democracy or the Wisconsin Idea This brings together professionals from every discipline business psychologists teachers scientists etc to lay out the problems they see and find ways to fix them This leads to Recall Referendum and Initiative These three are STATE ONLY Recall allows you to remove a governor or other state politician from office even if they are newly elected These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Referendum is when the state level congress can t decide on an issue so they ask the people Initiative is when anybody over the age of 16 can write up a ballot issue if enough people petition for it Teddy Roosevelt and the Trust Busters Roosevelt s first act in 1901 when he gets into office is to expand his cabinet which is really unheard of o He adds a Secretary of Commerce to oversee all business activities This leads to his Trust Busters They make sure to break up all businesses that were doing bad practice and or were monopolies o He noticed that 5 400 soldiers died during the war but only 400 in battle The others died from their canned meat rations that contained botulism due to meat packing s poor practices He knew he needed to do something about things like this Clayton Act Expanded and specified the Sherman Anti Trust Act and what counted as a combination in restraint of trade
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