Today, in class, we got on the computers and started our daily blogs. Mr. Bruns talked about our upcoming daily blog, which I am dreading. It's about our family history, which I know nothing of.
Some people continued to present their powerpoints, and Cheryl was up first. She touched up on many topics regarding railroads. Railroads made our country a smaller, better place, as they created cities, moved people from Point A to Point B. She also talked of other things, such as sleeper cars and the Credit Mobilier, which was a construction business hired to build the Union Pacific Railroad. Secretly, they charged way more money then the labor was worth. People started to lose trust in the railroads, as many similar scandals came about.
Kylie went next, and she talked about how farmers had to pay high prices to move the goods they produced. This was a problem, because all railroad companies favored big businesses, so they couldn't go somewhere else for an expected lower price. She also talked about how famers wanted set prices. The Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry united to fight for what they wanted. In return, they got more respect, became more educated, and reached an agreement upon fair prices.
Mr. Bruns talked about Andrew Carnegie, who is rumored to be the base of the monopoly guy. He worked in the steel business. He worked from nothing up to rich as a rich guy.
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