The Growth of American Government from the End of Reconstruction and th

In the past, the peoples g everywherenment activity took the capitalist approach to dealing with the economy and/or free market affairs. The government deputised as little as possible, insist the belief felt that if left alone, economic problems would be resolved without government interference. However, this approach was not guaranteed, and at times, the government had to put aside the laissez-faire approach of the past. The government had no other choice but to intervene in these instances to return balance to the economy and protect its citizens it served. The government changed twain its approach and its size through programs initiated by the Industrial Revolution, New shroud programs during and following the Great Depression, and founding War II, forever changing the race between Americans and their Government. During the Industrial Revolution with the massive railroad production crossways the country, the railroad executives were clever, strong-minded, mostly dis honest men who bribed congressmen, and conducted crooked financial deals who became cognize as robber barons. 1 As railroads expanded transportation crosswise the country, it opened up a vast market for competition and over production of farm products. The railroad executives took advantage of the fact that the railroad was the solo transportation that some farmers had to ship their products. Since the railroads had formed monopolies, they were free to charge whatever rates they saw fit and took full advantage of this by cost discrimination. They offered discounts and rebates to big corporations with large loads which the individual farmer did not confuse. Nor did farmers have the political influence to fight the railroads on these matters.2 Therefore, in 1877, t... ...11. American A recital floor 8th Edition, George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shir, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., New York 2010 mass pg 1086-8712. HI 1073 United States accounting 1877-Present Discussio n Manual Spring 2011 CH 5 The Interwar Years, 58. Social Security Act (1935).13. American A Narrative History 8th Edition, George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shir, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., New York 2010 book Page 119714. HI 1073 United States History 1877-Present Discussion Manual Spring 2011 CH 6 World War II, 70. The GI Bill of Rights (1944). 15. American A Narrative History 8th Edition, George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shir, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., New York 2010 pg 120916. American A Narrative History 8th Edition, George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shir, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., New York 2010 page 1218