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The railroads entered into formal agreements to fix prices, which helped keep farmers in their debt. They also charged different customers different rates, often demanding more for short hauls than they did for long hauls.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoDuring the span of 1880-1900 farmers began to feel as if their ways of life were being threatened. Farmers felt that a competition with railroads in monopolies and trusts, currency circulation shortage, and the powerful forces of Mother Nature seemed to be putting them in debt or even out of business.
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∙ 13y agoThey disected fields, frightened the livestock , and changed property lines or cut stock off from watering holes.
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Farmers were successful in bringing about economic and political change?
no farmers werent successful in bringing about political and economical change because they had experienced a huge crisis that sone critics blamed on shortage of gold. and the failure of several major railroad companies also contributed to the economic problems.
What was the granges plan for improving conditions for farmers?
To unite the farmers to fight for political reform, first targeting railroad rates.
Did the provisions in the transcontinental railroad bill included the right of railroad companies to conscript laborers?
true
Why were the first American railroad built in the south?
farmers used them to move cotton.
How did the railroad companies get land and money to build the railroads?
what is a fault
Who did the farmers blame for their problems?
bankers and railroad companies
What was the prairie farmers main complaint against railroad companies?
Their railroads.
For what reasons were farmers angry at railroad companies?
they destroyed some of their crop
Western railroad companies and farmers needed each other's business This is an example of?
interdependence
What book conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in the west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What was the huge single crop farms run by investor and railroad companies when farmers went bankrupt?
plantations
What book dramatize conflict over land between railroad companies and farmers in the west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What book dramatized conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
Why did people particularly farmers demand regualtion of the railroads the late 19th century?
Because the farmers felt that they were being cheated by the railroad owners. The owners were allowed to choose the price of the shipping and also whether the crop would be shipped at all. The farmers felt that this was unfair and the only way to resolve it was to have the government own the railroads
What were Two reasons why farmers were upset with the railroad companies?
Farmers were at the mercy of the railroads. The railroads called all the shots, charged what they wanted to charge and ran trains when they wanted to. The also had political power and the could condemn property to lay track almost anywhere they wanted to. Of course, there was also complaints about noise, smoke and trains hitting cattle .
What are farmers that fought railroad abuses called?
Farmers that fought railroad abuses are called grangers.
Who did the whiskey rebellion hurt?
Small farmers.
