To survive is to continue to live‚ especially in spite of danger or hardships. Many people learned how to survive when they searched for a better life. Thousands of settlers travelled west in search of land‚ which‚ at the time of their travels‚ was the most valuable resource. Many pioneers risked everything they had to search for a more prosperous life. The pioneers that traveled along the Oregon Trail faced the most difficulty trying to survive and thrive in the West due to unpredictable weather
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found the topic of slavery interesting because in my head and the way I was raised‚ the idea of slavery is unfathomable and I cannot believe it had ever been an issue. Through this topic I heard about Harriet Tubman the creator of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and escaped slavery in 1849. I admire Harriet Tubman because when she was free‚ she chose to risk here freedom in order to help her family and friends. It is a character like Harriet Tubman’s that
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During the 5 years‚ you must grow crops. But my father is going to the West for mining gold. It’s May 8th‚ 1861. Tomorrow my family and I leave for the West. We are going by railroad. It will be my first time going on the railroad. I’m so excited yet nervous. I heard that it’s a Transcontinental Railroad. That means that it’s a railroad that spans the continent. May 9th‚ 1861 Man: “So what are you on this train for?” Me: “Moving to the West. My family is getting a big house with 160 acres of
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The Railroads Role in the Settlement of the West One of the largest contributing factors in the settling of the American West was the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Development was a slow process in much of the west‚ due in large part to how long the journey took. The completion of the railroad made it both a faster and much safer way to travel across the country. In 1862‚ the Pacific Railroad Act was signed. It promised federal support to build the first transcontinental railroad
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westward and discovered opportunity‚ the need for transportation gave birth to the transcontinental railroad. Americans began to cultivate land‚ and master new trades‚ creating growing socio economic systems. The railroad industry proved to be a major component and a foundation of the new American industry. Railroads created need for steel production‚ coal and sparked a competitive mindset among companies. The railroad industry essentially was the first monopoly‚ in turn leading to granger laws‚ as
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as arriving from 1851–1860‚ and again in the 1860s when the Central Pacific Railroad recruited large labor gangs‚ many on five year contracts‚ to build its portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Chinese laborers worked out well and thousands more were recruited until the railroad’s completion in 1869. Chinese labor provided the massive labor needed to build the majority of the Central Pacific’s difficult railroad tracks through the Sierra Nevada mountains and across Nevada. The Chinese population
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United States railroad companies transport millions of freight cars a year over their network. Railroad companies rely on their network to move shipments from city to city and state to state. Each railroad company has a service-design department which coordinates the movement of railcars‚ crew‚ and locomotives over the railroad’s network. Creating an operating plan for the system is a challenging task because train scheduling consists of designing train routes‚ days of operation‚ timings‚ and
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unsettled and unexplored. As America grew‚ the idea of westward expansion (the settling of the west as the country expanded) grew ever more popular. But how did pioneers cross the American Wilderness? Before the groundbreaking completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10‚ 1869‚ settlers traversed the American West along rough-hewn trails. One such trail—and one of the most well-known—was the Oregon Trail. Stretching over 2‚000 miles from Independence‚ Missouri‚ to destinations in Oregon and California
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In the story‚ “Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad”‚ by Ann Petry‚ slaves are going on a journey to be free. The story is mainly about Tubman helping 11 slaves to Canada‚ where they are free. This story also goes to show how there were other helpers along the way. In this essay I will be informing you about some of the people that made the Underground Railroad possible. The main character‚ Harriet Tubman‚ is a free black woman helping slaves get to freedom. In this story though
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policies‚ and technological developments would change that. Technological developments that contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890 include the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad‚ the railroad system expansion with the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads‚ hydraulic mining‚ and barbed wire. The railroads led to economic and industry growth and transportation that was easier
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