PPT-Unit 5: Lesson 2 Westward Expansion and the Transcontinental Railroad

Sit at the same group with your partner BellRinger First the partner who read the Homestead Act of 1862 should summarize what heshe read and go over the answer to each of the questions to help explain the . US History: Spiconardi. Origins. In order to connect the newly expanding West with the rest of the country, the federal government wanted to extend the railroads. To encourage the building of railroads the government offered. To examine the creation of the transcontinental railroad.. Do Now: . - According to the cartoonist, how do the workingmen of California feel?. - In your opinion, why do the workingmen feel this way?. . 2010. Bell Ringer. : . Test Corrections.. When you are finished with your test corrections; read and highlight the handout. on “Homesteading.”. Objectives. :. . I.W.B.A.T. . list some of the reasons different people moved west.. Growth of Railroads. Most of the first railroads in America hauled goods short distances, often from ships to warehouses, using horses or oxen for power. The concept of the railroad as a means of long-distance transportation may have originated with John Stevens, the inventor who developed one of the first steamboats. In 1825 Stevens built a half-mile circular track on his estate in New Jersey and created the first steam locomotive to run on rails in the United States. Though his invention was not ready for commercial use, the idea sparked interest among other inventors. Around this time, English engineer George Stephenson designed a successful steam locomotive in England. The world’s first steam-powered, public passenger train, the British Stockton & Darlington Railway, soon began operation, and railroads quickly took over as England’s major transportation system.. The journey west!. Think about it…. If your family was moving across to country to a place where there was nothing in the place where you were moving…no houses or stores or schools…what ten things would you definitely pack and why?. Stagecoach lines. Transcontinental railroad. 2. 1835 advertisement for 5-hour travel between Baltimore, MD, and Washington D.C. . Early long-distance travel was usually by stagecoach. It could be very unpleasant in poor weather, with careless drivers, and on muddy and bumpy roads.. . a. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business.. The railroad companies contributed to the development of the West by selling low-cost parcels of their western land for farming. . Settlement, Pony Express, the Telegraph, & the Railroad. Objective for Unit & Lesson:. Unit Objective: Students will understand the political and social development of Utah in the late 19. th. Railroad from Atlantic to Pacific. Transcontinental Railroad. 1850’s - railroad companies began to search for a route from Atlantic to Pacific . (transcontinental). The South wanted it through the South. Remember what we discussed in 2.1b? About Native Americans?. ***During and after the . Civil War the . US entered a period of rapid economic growth. ****We expanded out West very rapidly. ***Growth . a. Examine the construction of the transcontinental railroad including the use of immigrant labor. . b. . Evaluate how the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and ranching impacted Plains Indians. . a) identifying the reasons for westward expansion, including its impact on American Indians.. Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans. Essential Vocabulary. Assimilation-. changing your ways to. What is a Community? A community may be big or small. It is a group of people living in the same place that often have something in common. A community may center around a town or an industry. Others are created around ethnicity or religion. Your family, school, neighborhood, town, and even your state are different types of communities. North and South from 1820-1850? . CPUSH Agenda for Unit 5.5. : . “Sectionalism from 1820-1860” notes. From 1800-1860, the North and South . became vastly different regions. “King Cotton” . had transformed the South into a rural region with slavery, little manufacturing, and few railroads.