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Today we are going to learn about the
nderground Railroad
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Not the underground railroad. You will learn
about the Transcontinental railroad.
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Westward Expansion The Transcontinental
Railroad
First train on the Transcontinental Railroad
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The Central Pacific Railroad Company
Started in Sacramento, California Headed East
towards Promontory Point, Utah
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Jupiter
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
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• Hazards Faced
• Building through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
• Explosions
• Bad Weather

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Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Bad Weather
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Central Pacific Railroad
Main work force Chinese
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The Union Pacific Railroad Company
Started in Omaha, Nebraska Headed West towards
Promontory Point, Utah
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• Hazards Faced
• Native American Attacks.
• Bad Weather

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Union Pacific Railroad
Main work force Irish
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Why did immigrants work on the railroad?

• 1. Most men were fighting in the Civil War when
  the building of the railroad began.
• Immigrants worked for less money.
• Most Americans did not want the dangerous work on
  the railroad.

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Done May 10, 1869 Promontory Point, Utah
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• Significance of the Transcontinental Railroad
• Connected the country
• Brought supplies and people out west cheaper and
  easier.
• Help bring people from the over populated east
  out west.

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Where are the Great Plains located?
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Answer Between the Rocky Mountains and the
Mississippi River.
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Mountains
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That was a knockout. YO Adrian, they did it.
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Mississippi River
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Positive Points about the Transcontinental
Railroad
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I. Helped make travel faster and easier.
Traveling this way will become a thing of the
past.
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Secured land for the nation.
II. The East is overpopulated People can now
spread out by moving out West.
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Supplies from the West.
Products from the East.
III. Encouraged business and trade because
products can be transported from one coast to the
other. (Resources not available in the East can
be brought from the West.
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Negative Points about the Transcontinental
Railroad
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• Companies started using up all the natural
  resources. (Many forests were threatened.)

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II. Native Americans were forced off of their
land onto Reservations or killed while trying to
protect their land.
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Reservation
Wide open spaces The Prairie
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The buffalo are being destroyed by the white man.
The Native Americans need the buffalo to
survive.
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The Buffalo were a problem to the railroad
companies because they would tear up the railroad
tracks and destroy the railroad equipment.
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What happened to all of the buffalo that were
killed by the white man?
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What do you find between the hooves of buffaloes?
Slow buffalo hunters.
What?
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III. The Railroads and the settlements created
pollution
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What were the two types of jobs that most people
on the Great Plains had?
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Answer People on the Great Plains (AKA the
Prairie) were Farmers and Ranchers.
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How did the government convince people to move
out west?
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• Answer The Homestead Act of 1862
• (President Lincoln)
• You must be at least 21 years old.
• You will receive 160 acres of land.
• Cost 10.00
• You have 6 months to build a house.
• You must live on the land for at least 5 years
  and successfully grow crops on the land.

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Sod House Located on the great plains.
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Homesteader
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It is time to go West!!!!!!
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The End