5-2 Cont Morrill Act and Hatch Act. Morrill Act, a.k.a. the Land Grant College Act, second morrill act stated that states that have separate colleges for different races had to get equal funds for both, or open up a separate college for blacks. Farmers had to borrow money to pay for elaborate machinery and all that and so they ended up in debt. Railroads were putting farmers into bankruptcy, weather wasn't always the greatest, they had to compete with monopolies and trusts. Railroads could charge farmers whatever they wanted to so they could transport the farmers' goods. 5-3 price of crops was lowering and land wasn't as good. Farmers had to mortgage and buying more land with money that was worth less than what they had to pay back. Farmers formed an alliance. 6-1 Industrial Revolution. lots of natural resources Laissez-faire, businesses make their own decisions. Growing urban population enabled cheap labor and markets for new products. Crude oil was discovered, and it was used by Native Americans as medicine. Crude oil was refined for kerosene and the gasoline was just thrown away. When carbon was removed from iron, it made steel which was wayyyy better than what they had been using. Steel was used for railroads, machinery, and buildings.
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