Assigned blog for this week is family history.
My hair....is frizzing out. No longer straigh-retaining. sigh.
Continuing with presentations today. starting with continuing with 6-2. better work on recaping, and finding the answers to those questions.
opportuniteis and opportunists.
more railroads made more cities along the way. trading became easier (could trade more to farther distances). railroads helped the iron, coal, and lumber industries. George Pullman- made a company to make sleeper cars (a more comfortable train car for passengers) Company did very well until the Recession of 1893.
The credit mobilier. a company ade to build the union pacific. they were supposed to build 667 miles of railroad. the workers chared way more money that what the railroad was worth. scandal. union pacific was on the verge of bankruptcy.
more 6-2 notes:
farmers had to pay more to use the railroads- no set price.
farmers wanted set prices so it would be fair. famers were making litter-to-no profit from their farms because of all the money going to shipping their products. started the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, a group to help, educate, and unite farmers so that they could take their case to court. it was a success, the farmers got more respect, education, and prices were set fairly.
answers for this section:
-What impact did railroads have on the US?
trade increased, new cities were built.
Why were many people upset with the railroads?
they were charging farmers unfair prices, forcing them into bankruptcy
What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?
The Grange came together (power in numbers) and formed a sort of labor union. The Granger Laws: laws that benefit farmers. Designed to fight railroad price abuse. Result: set railroad prices. Munn vs Illinois: railroad said having set prices wasnt fair to them, but state agreed with farmers. Interstate Commerce Act: regulated railroad trade between states.
6-3 notes:
Andrew Carnegie. poor Scotish immigrant who worked his tail off, eventually becoming one of the richest men in the world (at the time) then sold his steel company for a lot of money...
out of time.
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