Name: An Iowan Assesses Discontent
Periods: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
Chapter: 26
Doc #/letter: C2
Date of Document: 1893
Author: F. B. Tracy
Audience: The public
Document Info:
A. Three Important Things:
Railways put high freight rates on the items which brought troublesome to the farmers.
The land of the West was not owned by settlers but by people who invest in property.
During this time, farmers began to look at Eastern money sharks in order to obtain money.
B. Why was it written? This document was written to demonstrate that the farmers had a reason to rebel and to demonstrate the dissatisfaction of the farmers.
C. Evidence (2 quotes)
‘When we went to the moneylenders, these men, often, dishonest …show more content…
Three Important Things:
Mr. Pullman testified that he did not cut the salaries of workers, but this is not true.
Mr. Pullman believes that after all of his mistakes, he is still the best person to manage his company.
Mr. Pullman believed that anybody should be able to control their property. .
B. Why was it written? This document was written to demonstrate what was Mr. Pullman’s place regarding his workers problems..
C. Evidence (2 quotes)
“The bloody disorders attending the Pullman strike led to an investigation by the U.S. Strike Commission.”
“The reason you give here (in the statement), ‘It must be clear to every businessman and to every thinking workman that no prudent employer could submit to arbitration the question whether he should commit such a piece of business folly’.”
D. Two things about life in the United States at that time:
Immigrants coming to the United States of America affected other people’s lives for the worse.
Factory workers had difficult times due to working long hours with small pay by large
Periods: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
Chapter: 26
Doc #/letter: C2
Date of Document: 1893
Author: F. B. Tracy
Audience: The public
Document Info:
A. Three Important Things:
Railways put high freight rates on the items which brought troublesome to the farmers.
The land of the West was not owned by settlers but by people who invest in property.
During this time, farmers began to look at Eastern money sharks in order to obtain money.
B. Why was it written? This document was written to demonstrate that the farmers had a reason to rebel and to demonstrate the dissatisfaction of the farmers.
C. Evidence (2 quotes)
‘When we went to the moneylenders, these men, often, dishonest …show more content…
Three Important Things:
Mr. Pullman testified that he did not cut the salaries of workers, but this is not true.
Mr. Pullman believes that after all of his mistakes, he is still the best person to manage his company.
Mr. Pullman believed that anybody should be able to control their property. .
B. Why was it written? This document was written to demonstrate what was Mr. Pullman’s place regarding his workers problems..
C. Evidence (2 quotes)
“The bloody disorders attending the Pullman strike led to an investigation by the U.S. Strike Commission.”
“The reason you give here (in the statement), ‘It must be clear to every businessman and to every thinking workman that no prudent employer could submit to arbitration the question whether he should commit such a piece of business folly’.”
D. Two things about life in the United States at that time:
Immigrants coming to the United States of America affected other people’s lives for the worse.
Factory workers had difficult times due to working long hours with small pay by large