2000 Dbq Research Paper
UNITED STATES HISTORY Section H Part A (Suggested writing time-40 minutes)
The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. In your essay, you should strive to support your assertions both by citing key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on your knowledge of the period. To what extent and for what reasons did the policies of the federal government from 1865 to 1900 violate the principles of laissez faire, which advocated minimal governmental intervention in the economy?
Consider with specific reference to the following three areas of policy: railroad land grants, control of …show more content…
Oregon 3.7 6
Utah 2.2 4
Washington 9.6 22
Wisconsin 3.7 10
Wyoming 5.8 9
Total Acreage 131.5 % of Total Area of These 25 States
Document C
“WHEREAS, We recognize the railways of the country as an effectual means of developing its agricultural resources, and as having an interest, common and inseparable, with the country through which they pass; and,
“WHEREAS, We have in times past fostered and aided them by liberal charters and concessions, made by public and private parties, and still desire to encourage further development of the railway system; therefore, “Resolved, That a fair degree of reciprocity would suggest that corporations have a common interest and public aid, should , in their turn, endeavor to subserve the interest of the country through which they pass, by charging fair rates of freights, and by the equitable and just treatment of all localities along their lines.”
Resolution adopted at a National Agricultural Congress of Farmer Representatives in Indianapolis, (May 28, 1873)
Document D
“The giving of these land grants to railroads has not been an
The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. In your essay, you should strive to support your assertions both by citing key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on your knowledge of the period. To what extent and for what reasons did the policies of the federal government from 1865 to 1900 violate the principles of laissez faire, which advocated minimal governmental intervention in the economy?
Consider with specific reference to the following three areas of policy: railroad land grants, control of …show more content…
Oregon 3.7 6
Utah 2.2 4
Washington 9.6 22
Wisconsin 3.7 10
Wyoming 5.8 9
Total Acreage 131.5 % of Total Area of These 25 States
Document C
“WHEREAS, We recognize the railways of the country as an effectual means of developing its agricultural resources, and as having an interest, common and inseparable, with the country through which they pass; and,
“WHEREAS, We have in times past fostered and aided them by liberal charters and concessions, made by public and private parties, and still desire to encourage further development of the railway system; therefore, “Resolved, That a fair degree of reciprocity would suggest that corporations have a common interest and public aid, should , in their turn, endeavor to subserve the interest of the country through which they pass, by charging fair rates of freights, and by the equitable and just treatment of all localities along their lines.”
Resolution adopted at a National Agricultural Congress of Farmer Representatives in Indianapolis, (May 28, 1873)
Document D
“The giving of these land grants to railroads has not been an