d. It required professional welders in order to make the steel to withstand such high pressures. Utilitarianism was the Norths argument against slavery. Jeremy Bennett said " the greatest good for the greatest # of people. That was very indictive of the American Attitudes in the 1860s. The U.S thought that Mexico was a great business opportunity because of their great resources and financial instability. The financial elites began controlling Mexico by purchasing war bonds in the late 1860s. The utilitarianism idea was used by Americans because they did not think that Mexico was getting the good for the greatest # of People. It was a contradiction because U.S says it as a way to make money of the Mexicos cheap labor force. This goes to show that the u.s Morality is very selective. Another Key to the American Presence was the interactive process between political governments and strong industrial capital. During, the Mexican Civil War, Mexicans failed to pay back their debts. So American Financial elites got word to the President and they wanted either the Mexicans money or their concessions. The President sent Rosecrantz on his behalf to Mexico to talk about the severity of the problem that they have with debt. Rosecrantz went to the Kennedy national Bank before going to Mexico. Diaz went to James Stillman in New York and convinced the elites to end the reign of lerdo. Diaz wanted to end the raids with his rangers. The Mexicans thought Diaz was going to to start a Revolution and Demanded that he be arrested....
