providing them with food and supplies until they could support themselves. Whites saw transportation as the key to economic growth; they knew people wanted to buy the goods‚ but inefficient transportation hindered sales. With the First Transcontinental Railroad businessmen could now reach previously remote areas of land‚ and this growth boosted opportunities for farmers in the region. People now viewed the west as a new beginning full of adventures and wealth. They climbed aboard the trains for
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the Underground Railroad‚ it was used in secrecy and heavily influenced by Harriet Tubman. The Underground Railroad was a significant part of our history. The Underground Railroad was neither underground or a railroad (“Underground Railroad 2”). It began in 1790 (“Underground Railroad1”). The Underground Railroad aided fugitive slaves on their escape to freedom (Earhart‚ “Underground Railroad: A Path‚” “Overview-Underground Railroad‚” “What was the Underground‚” “Underground Railroad 2”). It allowed
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad I am sure everyone has heard about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at least once in their life; most people have learned about it in elementary or middle school. When I first learned about it‚ I always thought it was an actual railroad that was underground. Eventually‚ I learned that that was not true; it was just a metaphor. “It was symbolically underground as the network’s clandestine activities were secret and illegal so they had to remain
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Underground Railroad Underground Railroad was used for slaves who evidently‚ grew tired of the way the southern whites treated them. Though‚ the name says that it ’s an "Underground Railroad" it was given that name because of the way escaped slaves had to be carried out secretly. It did not contain a railroad nor was it underground. Never would slaves (those who knew about the Underground Railroad) escape during the day time; it was secrecy that led them into succession. The darkness helped a lot
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We may perceive the underground railroad being underground and being a railroad. Well‚ the intriguing information behind the underground railroad tells a different story. It was a loose network of assistance for the slaves to help them escape from a life of enslavement. The Underground Railroad ran from around 1810 to the 1860s. It was at its peak right before the Civil War in the 1850s. During this time‚ many brave men and women helped free the slaves. Groups of people often escaped in small groups
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attempting to escape to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad? Stories tell of quilts‚ made by slaves using sacks or scrapes of fabric stitched with various geometric patterns‚ containing codes that assisted slaves using the “Underground Railroad” to escape to freedom. Some historians believe there is no truth to the slave-quilt-code theory‚ while others provide compelling arguments in support of the use of quilts in the Underground Railroad. The debate is even more interesting when the African
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PBS describes the underground railroad‚ or freedom train as "a complex network of places and people that lead runaway slaves from captivity". Many individuals of varying racial backgrounds provided food and shelter for the runaway slaves. These brave people were known as "conductors". While the underground railroad had many conductors‚ perhaps the most well-known and influential was African-American woman Harriet Tubman‚ who used her diverse culture not as a crutch‚ but as an instrument of leadership
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Araminta Ross‚ who we know today as Harriet Tubman. She was born in 1820‚ Dorchester County‚ Maryland. She was born a slave and the owner did not record their birthdates. Harriet’s ancestors had been brought to America from Africa during the early time period of the 18th Century. Harriet was the 11th child born to Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene‚ slaves of Edward Brodas‚ at birth her given name was Araminta. By the time she was older‚ she was calling herself Harriet (after her mother’s name). When
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Rise of Mass Society Mass society arose in the Gilded Age in many ways. People moved back to the cities for many reasons. Farmers were forced to relocate because of the production of heavy machinery‚ the educational‚ medical care‚ and just sheer leisure that the city could offer. With the additional people who had moved into the city also came concern for sanitation. The population of New York City doubling each decade it created for an unsanitary condition as the infrastructure was not adequate
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politician‚ and railroad builder. Dodge was born in 1831 in Massachusetts‚ and in 1850 graduated from a military school as a civil engineer. He later became a surveyor of railroad routes in Iowa‚ Illinois‚ and Nebraska. He then married in 1854 and moved further west for Council Bluffs. In 1859 Grenville Dodge and Abraham Lincoln met by chance in Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. As they spoke he assured the president that in the future Platte Valley would be the route of the Pacific Railroad. As promised‚ 7
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