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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 . This is referred to as concatenation and has been DQ57347DUHD57347RI57347VLJQL57535FDQW57347DWWHQWLRQ57347LQ57347UHJDUG57347WR57347PDLQWDLQLQJ57347YLGHR57347DQG audio quality and integrity In earlier analog systems demodulation and remodulation of t 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 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. . 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. . .. It’s yummy. I like it when the cheese is really gooey. My mom makes it for dinner on the weekends. When it’s too hot, I have to wait for it to cool. Mom says if I don’t wait I will burn my tongue. I like the way pizza smells. When I smell pizza cooking it always makes me want to eat it right up!. 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. Do Now: Grab a worksheet and do the “Do Now” . Homework: . Finish Worksheet from Friday . Period 5: . QUIZ ON . WEDNESDAY. . Period6 & 7. : . QUIZ ON . THURSDAY. Mr. . Collison will give you a study guide today. 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 . 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.