Governor Hogg Regulates The Railroads
1887 = U.S. Congress creates the ___________ or (ICC) to regulate interstate ___________and their shipments.
Interstate Commerce Commision interstate
Texas and U.S. = _______ ___________ System = own your own ________ without ___________ interference.
Free Enterprise _business gov.
Farmers and Merchants complained that _______ _________ and charged ______ rates to those with no other way to ship their products.
railroads _monopolized unfair
Many large ____________ began operating in Texas providing valuable services and new products.
_companies
1891 = ________________becomes Governor of Texas and creates the Texas __________Commision or (TRC) to regulate all railroads ensuring ______railroad practices and ________.
Hogg Railroad fair rates
Farmers created ____________, which set up stores where farmers could buy goods at a cheaper rate and worked to end unfair railroad shipping rates.
The Grange
Large businesses had _______ options from multiple railroad companies and paid _______ shipping __________.
_more _lowing _rates_
______ began to form to create a ________ on goods and services and reduce
Monopoly competition
Who was the former postmaster general and was put in charge of the TRC.
Reagan
The Farmers’ Alliance had over ____________members and replaced The Grange.
100,000
Farmers produced an ________ of cotton driving prices_______ and making it hard to pay their ______ and make a ____________.
oversupply down debit profit
Trusts pay ________ prices for materials they bought to make goods and charge ______ prices for goods they_________.
low high sold.
Today the TRC is also over regulating the _____industries
oil indusrty
1891 = creation of the Texas People’s Party or ________ Party = elected some officials to office and fought for laws to protect ________and eventually folded before 1900.
Populust farmers
what time period did the price of cotton and other farm products go down ?
1875-1900
what did monopolies do the competition
it eliminated them
_____________ was very popular and fought hard against monopolies and big businesses.
James Hogg
wildcard
lose 500 points
the rise of commercial farming in the lower rio grande valley led to the displacement of ?
mexican american ranch hands
wildcard
gain 500 points