PPT-#2 What was the Underground Railroad?

102 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Only a description needed to return a runaway slave No trial by jury amp they cannot testify for themselves If a person helps a runaway slave 6 months in jail and a 1000 fine. Road To Freedom . . Underground Railroad. . (UGRR. ) is a term for the network of people and places who assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South.. Terminology. People involved with the Underground Railroad developed their own terminology to describe participants, safe places, and other codes that needed to be kept secret.. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel.”. --Abraham Lincoln. ( . from a letter to A G. Hodges, April 4, 1864, . 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. . A presentation created for Lesson 3: Efficient Railroad Maintenance of the Exploring Transportation Maintenance Module. So what is Railroad Maintenance?. Railways are made up of complex mechanical and electrical systems and there are hundreds of thousands of moving parts. If a railway service is to be reliable, the equipment must be kept in good working order and regular maintenance is the essential ingredient to achieve this. A railway will not survive for long as a viable operation if it is allowed to deteriorate because of lack of maintenance. Although maintenance is expensive, it will become more expensive to replace the failing equipment early in its life because maintenance has been neglected.. 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. Captain:Yao Yihong. Team member : Gu Tianyu Li Renyi . Class Four Grade Seven. Hong Kong Underground. In Hong Kong , there are many people going to work by underground because there are a lot of people in Hong Kong , but there are not enough place . In Hong Kong , the underground is faster and more comfortable than the car . . Road To Freedom . dbays. /teacherspayteachers.com. Underground Railroad. . (UGRR. ) is a term for the network of people and places who assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South. Journal. Why were the railroads significant to America’s development during the Gilded Age. Use Google to find one specific example on how the railroad was good for the average American, and one specific example of how the railroad took advantage of the average American.. Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill,. He never worked and never will. He's . gonna. Ride, Ride, ride. Railroad Bill was a mighty bad man, . Shot the light out the brakeman's hand.. They . lookin. ' for that bad Railroad Bill.. Corey’s Underground Railroad Dairy. By Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Zahir Uddin. . . 1 Cup of Plot. This story is about a boy and his family going to Canada .His family is in a town called Amherstburg and lives in a church. They get a life by working ,his father Some people gave them some land . Network of secret . routes . and safe houses. Used to help African-Americans go north (free states and Canada). Slaves wanted to escape slavery in the South . Not underground nor a railroad. How many escaped. Moncure Conway House. Falmouth, Virginia. In this house, Moncure Conway housed 30 slaves and helped them escape to freedom. . Samuel and Sally Wilson House. Cincinnati, Ohio. The house of Samuel and Sally Wilson, who were strong abolitionists, was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.. Gretchen B. Ferguson . LADOTD Statewide Railroad Coordinator. Railroad Surfacing. Detouring Traffic during construction of a Railroad Crossing. Planning of the Construction. Discussions with Railroad .