In the 1860s the manufacture of ready to wear clothing became one of clevelands most favored. Standard oil comanies started in cleveland ohio. In 1880edison improved the lightbulb. Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter in 1867. In 1877 Women made up 5% of office work by 1910 it was somewhere around 40%. After the civil way the us mainley relied on agriculture.
Whites got paid more than chinese. anyone who worked on the railroad would be attacked by indians. 2000 killled and 20000 Injured. there are four different time zones in the us. Professor cd dowd made that. As the years went on the railroads became more advanced. Railroads made the industries Better because of Iron Steel Coal Lumber. Railroads made trade much easier because it would travel from town to town. Chicago IL used the railroads the most. Stock holders gave a company 3 times the amount of monet to lat railroads and then they would pocket the rest of the money. After that the company donated stocks to about 20 representiives in 1867. Later in the new york sun, they eventually found out the officers took about 23 millions dollars in stocks bonds and money. The grange was a group of people mostly men and farmers who fought against railroads. The railroads affected the farmers the most because the would get charged more to move their stuff then the rich people would. When the rich people had more money. The reason they did this is so that the rich people would keep coming back The grange is an organization of farmers. The railroad companies did not like this so they fought back stating the munn v. IL The supreme court sided with the granger law 7-2 votes. In 1897 The supreme court decided that the could not set a st rate anymore. Then the act came back in 1902. The government found out the they couldnt keep charging people so much to move back and fourth from state to state. Granger laws and inner state commerce act allowed the people to set a granger rate.
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