History is key 1. Only way to understand were we are and how we get there.

Look at the past and she have the stuff where we got what we have. Why we build, where, who oversees, 2. contextualizes the lit. 3. Deepens the creditability in a debate. This always for use to run untopical plans and say that what the neg is saying that it is not taking a historical look at why we do this. 4. There isnt a singular type of history a. Legislative. b. Structural. Went form 13 to 50 +1 c. Social. Allows for communities to mobilize and trade thoughts beliefs and ways of life. Shift of power FED shift of the power between the states and the government the government is obsessive where its power end Types of transport why trains for cargo and why cars foor people Status of the people who built Why did we invest why did we push what was our justification for trying to do this FED Does congress have the power to establish set of infrastructure? NO they are only allowed to build road for the post office in turn gave land grants to the states so they were responsible for the infrastructure. 1840-1850 20000 thousands tracks lade During the civil war we built the Trans continental rail road(key too the rail yard) 1825 the Erie Canal-federal funded(without it would make trade harder. Rails had the largest number of slaves-Chinese(jobs?) Bikes were forefront for trans and cars Electric street car was in every major city(bring it back?) cars killed the trolly. It was a force trade it was set up to get a fast buck and killed a clean system Labot unions played a key part in transportation Ugine V Dev Colman care strike Sperate facilities as long as they are equal (segregation) AIR 1956 highways transportation act most massive investment ever for cars Cars and palns cause rails to give up their passage abilities White flight Little rock- poor white vs blacks Air travel was how citys marked themselves as morden Mass Transit Chicago-50s redline of the train to go as far north of the state. They ran out of money and cant finish but also the composition of the neighborhood and the last 40 blocks went form white to black and there is a derect link between the two Rosa Parks- bus boucott for 11 months 1990 was whne it was federal mandate that allowed for handicapped people ride the busses Adapt people chained themselves to buses so that way the busses would have to facilitate them and allow them to ride. Though you have to be on their schedual it in turn means that though they have a means they are still forced to conform the the system

History is key