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1. What problems did Employees of the railroad companies face?

1. What problems did Employees of the railroad companies face?. Life-threatening working conditions; low pay; discrimination by race or nationality. 2. What was it like to live as a Pullman employee in the town of Pullman?.

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1. What problems did Employees of the railroad companies face?

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  1. 1. What problems did Employees of the railroad companies face? Life-threatening working conditions; low pay; discrimination by race or nationality

  2. 2. What was it like to live as a Pullman employee in the town of Pullman? A clean and safe environment, but too controlling, since residents had no say in the town rules and their daily life

  3. 3. Who was involved in Credit Mobilier, and what was the purpose of this company? Railroad magnates, stockholders in Union Pacific Railroad, federal officials; to siphon off railroad profits for themselves

  4. 4. In what ways did the railroad companies use their power to hurt farmers? Sold grant lands to other businesses, instead of to settlers; fixed prices to keep farmers in debt to them; practiced rate discrimination

  5. Why didn’t the decision in the Munn v. Illinois case succeed in checking the power of the railroads? The Supreme Court later reversed the Munn decision, ruling that a state could not set rates on interstate commerce

  6. Why didn’t the Interstate Commerce Act immediately limit the power of the railroads? The ICC’s efforts were hampered by long legal processes, the resistance of the railroads, and a Supreme Court ruling that the ICC couldn’t set maximum railroad rates

  7. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD • THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD CONNECTED THE UNITED STATES FROM COAST TO COAST. • IT ALLOWED FOR EASIER TRAVEL OF PEOPLE AND THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES

  8. GEORGE PULLMAN • PULLMAN DESIGNED THE SLEEPER CAR THAT ALLOWED FOR MORE COMFORTABLE TRAVEL ON THE RAILROAD • HE DESIGNED A COMMUNITY BUILT SOLELY AROUND HIS FACTORY AND PROVIDED HOUSING AND OTHER AMMENITIES. THIS WAS IN AN EFFORT TO CURE LABOR UNREST.

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