PPT-Transcontinental Railroad

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. 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 President of the Underground Railroad.. Where did most escape routes lead to?. Canada. What was the person who lead runaways called?. The Conductor. What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname?. Moses of the Underground. 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. 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. 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 . 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. . 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. 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. 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 .