Couldn't receive discounts for the railroads: The Elkins Act attacked rebates given to certain corporations to ship their items while farmers and small businesses were paying full price to ship their goods.
The Elkins Act made rebates or discounts for the railroad illegal. It required that everyone pay the same rate to use the rail lines preventing inequities in the transportation cost and imbalanced treatment. The high prices were putting smaller businesses and farmers out of business while larger corporations were shipping more cheaply.
On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto<span> reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.
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Answer:
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What were the primary causes of the French Revolution?
Causes of the French Revolution
International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state.
Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy
