Golden Spike
Results of the Railroad
The transcontinental railroad increased both economic growth and the population in the West. Railroad companies provided better transportation for people and goods. They also sold land to settlers, which encouraged people to move West. The development of the West brought about the railroad; however, it also would prove to be the beginning of the end of the Plains Indians’ way of life.New railroads helped businesses. Western timber companies, miners, ranchers, and farmers shipped wood, metals, meat, and grain East by railroad. In exchange, eastern businesses shipped manufactured goods to the West. As trade between regions increased, the idea that the U.S. economy was interdependent became more widespread. Even perceptions of time became more formal as railroad schedules began to unite areas that before had existed under different times. Before the railroads, each community determined its own time, based on calculations about the sun’s travels. This system, called “solar time,” caused problems for people who scheduled trains crossing a long distance. The railroad companies addressed the issue by setting up standard time. This system divided the United States into four time zones. Railroad companies encouraged people to invest in the railroads, What were three ways the Railroad changed America? Go to the website and answer the question.
www.history.com
How many times zones are there in America?
Golden Spike Video
Congress required the two completed rail lines to connect at Promontory, Utah. On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was used to connect the railroad tie joining the two tracks. Alexander Toponce witnessed the event. The railroad companies were not finished, though. Following completion of the transcontinental railroad, they continued building railroads until the West was crisscrossed with rail lines. 4. What did the "Golden Spike" mark?
PBS Video
Transcontinental Railroad
In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, tasking them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies would race toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side to Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. #5. Click and watch the video
Click for Video
Directions: Take notes and explain what happened at the primary passage?
Click the image of the notes to enlarge them.
Chisolm Trail
Look at the map to the left. (Click on it to expand it.) Then answer these questions: 3a. In what two Kansas towns did the Chisolm Trail begin? 3b. In Texas, what is the southern most town the trail goes through?
Chisolm Trail
#6. Read this passage from the website The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail was established by Black Beaver, a Lenape (Delaware) guide and rancher, and his friend Jesse Chisholm, a merchant. They collected and drove numerous cattle along the trail to Kansas, where they could be shipped East to garner high prices. The southern terminus was Red River Station, a trading post near the Red River, along the northern border of Texas. The Northern terminus was a trading post near Kansas City, Kansas. Chisholm owned both these posts. In the years of the cattle drives, cowboys would drive large herds from ranches across Texas to the Red River Station, and then north to Kansas City.
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Golden Spike
Results of the Railroad
The transcontinental railroad increased both economic growth and the population in the West. Railroad companies provided better transportation for people and goods. They also sold land to settlers, which encouraged people to move West. The development of the West brought about the railroad; however, it also would prove to be the beginning of the end of the Plains Indians’ way of life.New railroads helped businesses. Western timber companies, miners, ranchers, and farmers shipped wood, metals, meat, and grain East by railroad. In exchange, eastern businesses shipped manufactured goods to the West. As trade between regions increased, the idea that the U.S. economy was interdependent became more widespread. Even perceptions of time became more formal as railroad schedules began to unite areas that before had existed under different times. Before the railroads, each community determined its own time, based on calculations about the sun’s travels. This system, called “solar time,” caused problems for people who scheduled trains crossing a long distance. The railroad companies addressed the issue by setting up standard time. This system divided the United States into four time zones. Railroad companies encouraged people to invest in the railroads, What were three ways the Railroad changed America? Go to the website and answer the question.
www.history.com
How many times zones are there in America?
Golden Spike Video
Congress required the two completed rail lines to connect at Promontory, Utah. On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was used to connect the railroad tie joining the two tracks. Alexander Toponce witnessed the event. The railroad companies were not finished, though. Following completion of the transcontinental railroad, they continued building railroads until the West was crisscrossed with rail lines. 4. What did the "Golden Spike" mark?
PBS Video
Transcontinental Railroad
In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, tasking them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies would race toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side to Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. #5. Click and watch the video
Click for Video
Directions: Take notes and explain what happened at the primary passage?
Click the image of the notes to enlarge them.
Chisolm Trail
Look at the map to the left. (Click on it to expand it.) Then answer these questions: 3a. In what two Kansas towns did the Chisolm Trail begin? 3b. In Texas, what is the southern most town the trail goes through?
Chisolm Trail
#6. Read this passage from the website The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail was established by Black Beaver, a Lenape (Delaware) guide and rancher, and his friend Jesse Chisholm, a merchant. They collected and drove numerous cattle along the trail to Kansas, where they could be shipped East to garner high prices. The southern terminus was Red River Station, a trading post near the Red River, along the northern border of Texas. The Northern terminus was a trading post near Kansas City, Kansas. Chisholm owned both these posts. In the years of the cattle drives, cowboys would drive large herds from ranches across Texas to the Red River Station, and then north to Kansas City.