Today, in class, epidemic struck--THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. Yes, Mr. Bruns alerted us of this disease that has been spreading throughout the nation. We continued doing our Powerpoint presentations.
Ally talked about some agriculture related things. I was unable to record these because I had difficulty connecting today. Ethan was next, and he talked of a similar subject. He focused on the problems farmers faced due to the poor economy. Greenbacks were made and they could not be transferred into gold or silver.
He also touched up on the problems of railroads. One was about how farmers had to pay more for their grain to be transported. This was because they have a lot less to ship around, while big businesses probably got discounts since they used the railroads every day. He then talked about the farmers alliance, where likeminded people teamed up to solve their communal problems.
Shannon later talked about the Industrial resources, and about it all happened since there was a wealth of natural resources, and that Laissez-faire was active, where businesses can do as they please. Also, many immigrants had migrated to the US, enabling cheap labor and markets for new products. Black gold, or oil, could now be harvested when Edwin L. Drake came up with a way to drill oil with a steam powered drill. He made this is 1859.
She also spoke about the process used to create steel from iron. The steel would become widely used in railroads, barbed wire, as well as McCormick and Deere for tractors. It allowed architects to build sky scrapers due to the steel's strength and flexibility.
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