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08/26 BellringerThe transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. It linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. One historian has said that the transcontinental railroad did more than politics to bind East and West into a single nation.
How do you think advances in transportation help unite the country together?
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Miners, ranchers, and farmers were connected to Eastern cities in 1869
with the completion of the transcontinental railroad
The federal government encouraged railroad
construction by giving millions of acres of land to railroad companies
The Union Pacific was built from East to West by Irish workers
The Central Pacific was built from West to
East by Chinese workers
On May 10, 1869 the two tracks met
at Promontory Point in Utah
By 1890, there were five railroads that extended to the Pacific Coast
Chinese workers were recruited to America to
build the railroad…
…But, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882
which ended Chinese immigration to America
Because of the railroad:
• Time is standardized into 4 zones
• Luxury travel encouraged the wealth to go on vacation
• Refrigerated train cars made shipping food easier
• “Shopping at home” becomes popular through mail catalogs
The migration of Americans into the West left no unorganized territories by 1890…
the western frontier had closed
Expansion west in the late 1800s brought devastation to the Indians
Plains Indians like the Sioux, Comanche, and Cheyenne tribes were dependent upon the buffalo
and the horse
…This led to a series of violent conflicts known
as the “Indian Wars”
The flood of miners, ranchers, and farmers during the late 1800s
violated Indian territories…
Moving West – Indian Wars chart
•In small groups, complete the information about the major events of the Indian Wars.
•You can use the textbook or a personal device to find information to complete the chart.