Rachel talked about the railroad strike. They were striking because of their wage cut. The senator sent out malitia to try to end the strike, but it wasn't really working.Danielle did her blog on the age of railroads. The Union hired a few irish immigrants and the Pacific hired thousands of chinese workers.April did her blog on the Sanfrancisco Earthquake. It was in 1906 and one of the plates colided. 3000 people were killed. The government set up like camps and homes so people could have a place to live. They would pay like $2 a month for rent.Chlesea talked about the grange on the railroad. Farmers made up the grange. The railroad people said that they wouldn't do anything unless they paid. The grange people started a petition but the railroad still didn't do anything. The grange people wanted lower prices.Nate did his blog on John Deere. He was born in Vermont. He was 17 and his mom was like an aprentice. He started his own business in Vermont but it didn't really work out. He then went to Illinois. He thought of using steel instead of iron. The Deere company became the biggest seller.Andrea did her blog on the labor union. The worked 14 hours a day and 6 days a week. Kids 5-15 worked and the men got paid a lot more than women. White people got paid more. People died from working because they couldn't take any breaks. Most people died from heat exaustion.Joe did his blog on descrimination. There was a pole tax and you had to pay in order to vote. African Americans didn't have very much money so they couldn't vote. There was a law that said if your grandfather voted beyond this date then you can vote. Most African Americans were immigrants so they didn't have a grandfather to vote.Ashley did her blog on Urbanization. Over 50% of the population was immigrants. They moved into the cities because it was cheaper.Shelby did her blog on Angel Island. It was where the Chinese tried to get into America. A lot of people didn't like the Chinese because they worked for little pay. They made a law that said that chinese couldn't have jobs in america. They questioned the Chinese a lot harder.Brandon did his blog on Cornal Custer. He was part of the Union Army. He fought in the Civil War. He died in Little Big Horn. That was a native american war. He married a girl named Elizabeth Bacon. He died with his step and half brother.Ray did his blog on Jane Addams. She was the fifth child out of six. Her family was very nice. Her mom died during childbirth. She started a Hull House. It was for the poor people and they could live there and get education.Amanda did her blog on The Battle of Wounded Knee. This prophet told them that if they did a ghost dance then buffalo would come. The government arrested anyone who did this dance because they thought it was bad. The government arrested Sitting Bull. The government told them to give up all their weapons and a deaf indian didn't hear and shot at them and thats when the battle started. The government annihilated them.
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