Varain Period 6 The First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The road established
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American economy. The Transcontinental railroads provided supplies to Union Soldiers as well as transportation for western settlers. During the Civil war‚ the transcontinental railroads provided the transportation of supplies to Union soldiers. In 1840 the U.S. government agreed a transcontinental Railroad would be a good idea(Ray‚ Kurt 24). The construction of the Railroads started in the 1850’s and once they were built trade rapidly began to improve. The new railroads helped the soldiers get
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expansion. The teacher did a read aloud about the transcontinental railroad and had a discussion with students about why the transcontinental railroad played an important role in the westward expansion. One student believed that trains had always existed‚ but the teacher explained that trains were actually constructed in the 1800s. The teacher told the students to write down a few new facts they had just learned about the transcontinental railroad and asked for volunteers to share. As each student
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The Big Four were the men known in building the Central Pacific Railroad‚ the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. The four men were Leland Stanford who was the President‚ Collis P. Huntington who was the Vice President‚ Mark Hopkins who was the Treasurer‚ and Charles Crocker who was the Construction Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet‚ New York‚ and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848
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The Underground Railroad In 1831‚ this system was given the name‚ “The Underground Railroad”‚ after the emerging steam railroads. Railroad “lingo” was even used. Places that the slaves would rest or eat were named “stations” and “depots”. Escaping slaves traveled from the south along the Underground Railroad into the north‚ or what they believed to be‚ their freedom. A large number of people helped the slaves escape. The Underground Railroad moved hundreds of slaves northward each year. Approximately
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I. Background information on industry and workers A. Between the period of 1865-1900‚ industry exploded in growth B. There were many contributors that included government action‚ labor unions‚ immigration‚ and technological changes. 1. Government action tried to help the workers by decreasing corporations ’ control over employees 2. Labor unions tried to increase benefits and make working easier 3. Immigration helped by having a cheap‚ abundant labor source for businesses to use 4. Technological
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Social Issue: The Transcontinental Railroad- Before the Transcontinental Railroad‚ traveling West in the United States was a costly and difficult journey through deserts‚ and over mountains. After the invention of locomotives‚ railroads began to show up everywhere. Many saw an opportunity in railroads to expand settlement in the west and transform the United States into a more modern nation. The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies formed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862‚ which
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When I think of railroads and trains‚ I am in awe. I love them so much. But with the love I have for them‚ it holds me to higher responsibilities. I know how dangerous they are and should not fool around them . That also includes no horsing around railroad crossings. Trains are going too fast and are too big to just stop suddenly. One of the videos talked about a train conductor and asked him about railroad crossing safety. He mentioned that he had actually taken a life because the person was not
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population of different cultures due to a huge increase in immigration‚ and the expansion of transcontinental railroads that gave people access to areas and products from all over the country. One would think that societal and moral progress would keep pace with technological progress‚ but it did not; otherwise‚ by that time women’s equality would have been widely accepted. The transcontinental railroad system could take a traveler all the way from New York to California‚ and unfortunately as it
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American Government: On behalf of the Native American tribes‚ this letter is being written to address the issue of the Transcontinental Railroad. I am Chief Red Horse of the Lakota tribe and I would like to bring up that the railroad will affect the way of life of all of the Natives. This is the reason why we will not be putting up with the railroads going through our land. It is completely unfair for you to take over our land and push us off of it. This land is ours. We settled on this land
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