**Railroad Notes!! Flashcards
pro or con:
made more jobs.
pro
pro or con:
needed govern. regulation
con
pro or con:
provided transportation.
pro
pro or con:
more production.
pro
pro or con:
railroad causes wide-spread abuses
con
pro or con:
workers working to much.
con
pro or con:
lead to creation of timezones.
pro
pro or con:
price fixing
con
pro or con:
expensive
con
pro or con:
cheaper, better, faster
pro
who gave loans to the railroad companies -
federal government
did the govern. support the railroads?
yes they did
were the RR viewed as a positive thing
yes
incredible RR _______ in a short period of ________
growth
time
this railroad extended coast to coast
Transcontinental RR
what were pullman towns -
little houses for RR workers
because of complete control by the company… this leads to
strikes
were the lives of the RR workers harsh?
yes
who were mostly the only people who took the jobs working for RR -
the immigrants
what do RR lead to -
revolutionized business & industry world
faster transport of goods
lower costs of production
creation of national market
