PPT-Transcontinental

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 . TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AN EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT PROVIDED BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD MUSEUM ABOUT THIS TOOLKIT is resource, developed by the Union Pacic Railroad Museum, is a comprehensive guide 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.. 1862-1869. The Two Railroads. The Union Pacific. Built West, starting in Omaha, NE. Constructed by Irish Immigrants. Earned:. 48K per mile over . mts.. 32K per mile over hills. 16K per mile over plains. 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?. Test Analysis. Where are we now?. Hayes wins the presidency because he promises to end . Reconstruction. Reconstruction was forced acceptance of freed slaves, imposed by the North on the South. Food for Thought: should we force people to be moral?. 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. 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. . 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. . Sit at the same group with your partner.. Bell-Ringer. First, the partner who read the . Homestead Act of 1862. should summarize what he/she read and go over the answer to each of the questions to help explain the . Port Columbus. Columbus was part of the first. Transcontinental air route. TAT (Transcontinental Air Transport) was the precursor to TWA. Columbus Airport was promoted by civic leaders including Don . the “Next Moon Shot”. Have you ever heard the term “moonshot?”. Think of a.  . moonshot.  as . “a . complex, large-scale objective that can be accomplished only when teams abandon "business as usual." .