Today in U.S History we are presenting our group projects.
What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Debt raise more crops to pay bill.. Causes of Debt no workers weather cpmeling with trusts an monopoiles Child labor Railroads- chargeing extra for short and long trips. rising of shipping grain,
Morril Act of 1890 States have different colleges for different races.
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Price of crops were going down and land wasnt good for farming. mortgaging ang trying to buy more and more land and they couldnt pay for their land. Printed money call greenbacks. had to pay back more money than what the greenbacks cost. Railroad-- prices got higher, mortgage land to pay for seed and land, more for credit on seed than they would with cash. in the end farmers were in a visious cycle. Farmers got tired of the money problem. Oliver Hudson Kelley formed a group called the grange. it was one of the most popular ones.
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
wealth of natural resources- gold rush. A growing Urban population, cheap labor and markets for new products. Black Gold is a term used to refer to Crude Oil. NA use oil as medicine of many years. 1840's for lamps. Was coal and steel and abundance. carbon taking out of steel made it more flexible and durable. Railroads used steel for their tracks. allow people to be more creative build brooklyn bridge.
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