PPT-The Transcontinental Railroad

18621869 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. 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. 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?. 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 . . 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. 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 . 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." . Native American Culture in Crisis. The Growth of the Cattle Industry. Settling on the Great Plains. Farmers & the Populist Movement. Native American Culture in Crisis. “Between the 1850s & 1890, settlers flocked to the West in search of . 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.