Railroad companies all over the nation began setting the same prices, not competing for the lower price. What is this called? How is this unfair to the average customer?

Price fixing.

Explanation:

Price fixing is the situation when corporations or companies come together to set a fixed price for goods or services instead of letting market trend set it for them.

This is illegal and the Antitrust division will have to wade in if such is suspected.

It is a disadvantage for the customers because there is an unfair competition and the prices are higher than it should be.

here are some major conflicts i found. maybe pick one and do more research on it. (cause i ain't writing 6 paragraphs)

in 1877, the nez perce war took place.

1881 - president james garfield was assassinated.

1882 - the chinese exclusion act was passed.

1883 - a decision in the civil rights cases legalized racial segregation in the united states.

1887 - the dawes act was passed.

1893 - the panic of 1893 took place. (what a creative name)

and there are probably other topics you can find if you just search up "united states timeline," or "conflicts in the 19th century for america."

then once you find a topic you like find out how it affected the people of america and what not. (sorry if this feels a bit short changed, history was and never will be one of my strong topics)

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congress passed laws allowing for free passage between states.