1. Railroads Transform the Nation An Industrial Society 1860-1914 Chapter 20, Section 2

2. Guess How This Relates?

3. Essential Questions How can a transportation system influence a countries’ economy? How did the building of the transcontinental railroad impact the United States?

4. Why Build A Transcontinental Railroad? Encourage Settlement of the West Develop the Economy of the United States Bring Natural Resources of the West to Eastern Factories Connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific (Manifest Destiny)

6. Central Pacific Railroad & Union Pacific Railroad Co. U.S. Government Hired 2 Companies to Build the Transcontinental Railroad Central Pacific Railroad: –Start in Sacramento California & Build East Union Pacific Railroad: –Start in Omaha Nebraska & Build West

9. Central Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific Railroad

10. Railroad Companies Needed $$$ to Build Across the U.S. U.S. Government Gave Union Pacific & Central Pacific $$$ Millions in Loans FREEU.S. Also Gave 20 Miles of Land for FREE for Every 1 Mile of Track Built Railroad Companies Sold the Extra Land! $$$ Money & New Customers!

12. Central Pacific Railroad Sacramento, California: Built from West to East Faced a Labor Shortage: –No Workers –Most Workers left to Become Miners (Gold Strikes) Hired Chinese Workers to Replace Them

13. Benefits of Hiring the Chinese! Chinese Workers Turned Out to Be Great Workers! Hardworking, Efficient, & Fearless Chinese Culture/Custom Drinks TEA! –Boiled Water –No Bacteria! –Workers Were Never Sick! Over 10,000 Chinese Were Hired by the Central Pacific Railroad

15. Union Pacific Railroad Omaha, Nebraska: Built East to West Hired Mostly Irish Immigrants Why Irish??? Any Ideas???

18. Building the Transcontinental Railroad

23. Transcontinental Railroad C entral P acific C hinese C alifornia U nion P acific I rish N ebraska

24. Promontory Point, Utah May 10 th, 1869 Transcontinental Railroad was Completed at Promontory Point, Utah What Was the Story?

32. Extension of the Transcontinental Railroad (1869-1900)

33. How Did Railroads Alter Time? All Communities Used to Calculate Time Based on the Sun (Solar Time) Railroads Changed All of That! Railroads Created Standard Time Zones

34. Standard Time Zones in U.S.

35. What Time Is It? If it’s 5pm in New York, What Time is it in Denver, Colorado? If it’s 5pm in New York, What Time is it in Los Angeles, California? If it’s 7am in Fargo, North Dakota, What Time is it in New York? If it’s 6:15 am in Tucson, Arizona, What Time is it in Boston, Massachusetts?

36. Economic Benefits of the Transcontinental Railroad Railroads Carried Natural Resources from the West to Eastern Markets Lumber, Livestock, Cattle, Grains, Minerals, Etc… Eastern Cities Manufactured Natural Resources, Sold Products to the West & the World $$$ for the U.S.!

37. Railroads Settle the West Railroads Were Lifelines for Settlers Trains Provided Lumber, Farm Equipment, Food, & Other Necessities No Longer Did Settlers Have to Live Near Water: –Just Had to Live Near a Railroad! More Exploration & Settlement of the West!

38. What Was the Railroads Impact on Native Americans?

39. Essential Questions How can a transportation system influence a countries’ economy? How did the building of the transcontinental railroad impact the United States?

40. Proposed New Transportation Railway System in U.S.