PPT-Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad from Atlantic to Pacific Transcontinental Railroad 1850s railroad companies began to search for a route from Atlantic to Pacific transcontinental The South wanted it through the South. 0512 25 SCHEDULE Babylon Railroad to Northwest Babylon Serving Babylon Railroad South Bay Shopping Center Northwest Babylon West Babylon SUFFOLK COUNTY TRANSIT wwwsctbusorg Suffolk County Transit Bus I 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. . 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. Growth of Railroads. Most of the first railroads in America hauled goods short distances, often from ships to warehouses, using horses or oxen for power. The concept of the railroad as a means of long-distance transportation may have originated with John Stevens, the inventor who developed one of the first steamboats. In 1825 Stevens built a half-mile circular track on his estate in New Jersey and created the first steam locomotive to run on rails in the United States. Though his invention was not ready for commercial use, the idea sparked interest among other inventors. Around this time, English engineer George Stephenson designed a successful steam locomotive in England. The world’s first steam-powered, public passenger train, the British Stockton & Darlington Railway, soon began operation, and railroads quickly took over as England’s major transportation system.. The Transcontinental Railroad. What benefits did the Transcontinental Railroad have for the United States?. It started a flood of immigration to the west.. The government gave settlers the land for free because they wanted to have the west cultivated and civilized.. 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. SANDY UPDATE - CPOC. April 2014. Superstorm. Sandy. October 2012. Storm Damage. SIGNIFICANT WIND/TREE DAMAGE KNOCKED OUT SERVICE ALONG HARLEM LINE AND NEW HAVEN LINE and the NEW CANAAN AND DANBURY BRANCHES . Coach Duke. Towns that grew up almost overnight around mining sites were known . as. Boomtowns. 2. What . 1862 act passed by congress gave 160 free acres of land to settlers? . Homestead Act. 3. How . 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. Settlement, Pony Express, the Telegraph, & the Railroad. Objective for Unit & Lesson:. Unit Objective: Students will understand the political and social development of Utah in the late 19. th. 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 . 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 . 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 .