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US History and Government
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AIM: How did the conflict between the railroads and the farmers result in change in economic policy and government intervention? Do Now: How were the Plains Indians affected by the white settlers?
Homework: Advances in the Great Plains
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What is Laissez Faire?
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What does transcontinental mean?
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Settlement of the frontier would Agricultural production would What do you need to build tracks?
Steel industry would What else do you need to build a railroad?
Employment would Where would they get cheap labor from?
Immigration would Why do you think time zones are created?
Time tables for the trains
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Effects on crop production: Settlement on the frontier would cause
crop production to Railroads would cause crop production
to The invention of new machines would
cause crop production to
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Long Haul/Short Haul Charge more for short trips than long trips
▪ More companies on the long trip so had to get customers to use them, less companies on the short trip, so could charge more
What is a rebate? (When companies say “Send your receipt in for a $100 rebate.”)
Rebates – lower rates for companies rather than farmers
Higher Rates
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How do you think farmers felt about this?
“Hayseed Like Me”What do you think they did?
National Granger – Organization of Farmers – pressured states to pass legislation that regulated the railroads (Granger Laws)
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What do you think the Railroads said? Granger Laws are unconstitutional! RR’s are private property and cannot be
regulated!
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Supreme Court rules that private property is not entirely private if it affects public interest
Government may regulate business
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Outlawed rebatesPublished ratesReasonable and just rates for RR’s