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 . Railroads had already transformed life in the East, but at the end of the Civil War railroad tracks still stopped at the Missouri River. For a quarter of a century, men had dreamed of building a line from coast to coast. Now they would attempt to lay 1,775 miles of track from Omaha to Sacramento. . The Growth of Railroads. Before the Civil War, most of the railroad track in America had been built in the Eastern USA, especially in the Northeast.. Gold was discovered in the West and people slowly began migrating westward.. 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. Mr. Babcock. 7. th. Grade Social Studies. Westward Expansion and the Mining Booms. A New Gold and Silver Rush. After the gold rush of the 1840s and 1850s came to an end, prospectors began looking in new locations across the West. Linking East and West. pages 222-226. EQ: How did the telegraph helped Americans communicate? Explain how the transcontinental railroad was built and its effects on the nation?. Vocabulary Preview. Transcontinental: going across a continent. Linking East and West. pages 222-226. EQ: How did the telegraph helped Americans communicate? Explain how the transcontinental railroad was built and its effects on the nation?. Vocabulary Preview. Transcontinental: going across a continent. Railroad. By: Anthony ,Brent, Duncan, Cade. What was the transcontinental . railroad?. It is a system of railroads that starts in California and it helped travelers go out west without having to ride in a . Created for 4th & 5th Graders by: . Courtney Benton. Dorian Scheuch. Rebekah Stewart. Overview. After completing this TurboQuest, TSWBAT:. Understand and recognize primary and secondary sources.. Why did Americans of European descent feel so compelled to expand the country westward?. What might 19th-century Native Americans have said about Manifest Destiny? Why would they have taken this perspective?. 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. 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. Meriwether Lewis William Clark. Westward Expansion . was from 1801 to 1861. Americans began to explore more territories to expand the U.S. . Main Territories explore:. Louisiana Purchase (1803). History of the First . Transcontinental Railroad. OLLI Class 1 of 3. History . Overview. Union Pacific Railroad. Central Pacific Railroad. Pacific Railroad Act. Kenton Colvin. Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society.