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MR. HOOD´S NOTES.
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6.2 THE AGE OF RAILROADSTEXTBOOK PAGE 236
THEN START READING SECTION
NOTES BEGIN AT 09.00
AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD02 DECEMBER 2013
6.2 THE AGE OF RAILROADS
AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES16 JULY 2013
KEY IDEATHE GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION
OF RAILROADS BENEFITED THE NATION BUT ALSO LED TO
CORRUPTION AND REQUIRED GOVERNMENT REGULATION.
WHY IT MATTERS NOWRAILROADS MADE POSSIBLE THE
EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
INTRODUCTION
RAILROADS INFLUENCED MANY FACETS OF AMERICAN LIFE
GROWTH OF TOWNS
STANDARD TIME + TIME ZONES
BUT RAILROADS WERE UNCHECKED LED TO
CORRUPTION
OBJECTIVE 1:IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF
THE RAILROADS IN UNIFYING THE COUNTRY.
GOVERNMENT MADE HUGE LAND GRANTS
+ LOANS TO RAILROAD COMPANIES
1869 MARKED FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD
TRAINS MADE LOCAL TRANSIT RELIABLE
+ WESTWARD EXPANSION POSSIBLE
BROUGHT DREAMS OF AVAILABLE LAND +
ADVENTURE
AND A FRESH START
BUT TRAINS CAME AT COST
MANY INJURED + KILLED CONSTRUCTING RAILROADS
RAILROADS HELPED TRANSFORM THE DIVERSE REGIONS OF THE
USA…
…INTO A UNITED NATION
PROFESSOR C.F. DOWD OVERCAME PROBLEM OF TIME
DIFFERENCES
DIVIDED USA INTO FOUR DIFFERENT
TIME ZONES
TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SYNCHRONIZED
WATCHES
RAILROADS UNIFIED THE COUNTRY BUT WERE OPEN TO
ABUSE…
OBJECTIVE 1:IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF
THE RAILROADS IN UNIFYING THE COUNTRY.
OBJECTIVE 2:LIST POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON THE NATION`S ECONOMY.
RAILROADS HAD POSITIVE + NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE
USA
POSITIVE
NEW TOWNS AND MARKETS
LINKED PREVIOUSLEY ISOLATED
CITIES + TOWNS
PROMOTED TRADE
+ INDEPENDENCE
INDIVIDUAL TOWNS SPECIALIZED IN PARTICULAR
PRODUCTS
CITIES PROSPERED BY SELLING GOODS TO
ENTIRE COUNTRY
NEW TOWNS ALSO GREW-UP ALONG RAILROAD
LINES
NEGATIVE
MANY USED RAILROADS FOR CONTROL AND
PROFIT
LIKE GEORGE M. PULLMAN WHO BUILT THE TOWN OF
PULLMAN
TIGHTLY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
DESCRIBED AS “UN-AMERICAN”
OTHERS TURNED TO
SELF-SERVING CORRUPTION
SCHEMES TO MAKE MONEY
BRIBED THE GOVERNMENT WITH
KICKBACKS
OBJECTIVE 2:LIST POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON THE NATION`S ECONOMY.
OBJECTIVE 3:SUMMARIZE REASONS
FOR, AND OUTCOMES OF, THE DEMAND FOR
RAILROAD REFORM.
FARMERS ESPECIALLY AFFECTED BY RAILROAD
CORRUPTION
MEMBERS OF THE GRANGE DEMANDED RAILROARD REFORM
GRANGERS TOOK POLITICAL
ACTION
PRESSED FOR LAWS TO PROTECT THEIR
INTERESTS
GOVERNMENT PASSED GRANGER
LAWS
REGULATE THE RAILROADS FOR BENEFIT OF FARMERS +
CUSTOMERS
BUT DIDN`T LAST LONG…
OBJECTIVE 3:SUMMARIZE REASONS
FOR, AND OUTCOMES OF, THE DEMAND FOR
RAILROAD REFORM.