An Expanding Nation

By : David Xia#:26

The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad across the continent

• The Transcontinental Railroad was to help cowboys get cattle from the west to the east because cattle cost more in the east

• The people from the west and the east made The Transcontinental Railroad

The Gold Rush

• The gold rush started at 1849

• California became a state because of the gold rush

Cowboys

• Cowboys would get cattle and they will transport it by using The Transcontinental Railroad

Effects of the Railroads and Gold Rush

War in the West