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To defeat allies before reinforcements arrived
...Charged very high prices to move farm products to market
The farmers felt the railroads had monopoly power over them. The farmers essentially had no choice but to send their crops to market on trains. There was not much, if any, competition on most short-line tracks that went through farm areas. Therefore, most farmers had to simply accept whatever price railroads charged to transport crops. Farmers felt the railroads could gouge them by charging high prices and that they, the farmers, had no recourse when this happened. They blamed much of their trouble on this monopoly power.
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The United States decided to build the Panama canal across Central America to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. During that period, America came to be known for its power in the world. President Theodore Roosevelt decided to build the canal to make America stronger in navy power. Panama was chosen to build the canal because the place was likely to be the thinnest landmass compare to the other places.