1. Western Expansion and the Industrial Revolution
Jon Hale
College of Charleston

4. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, alternatively Westward Ho
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, alternatively Westward Ho! (1860) Emanuel Leutze

5. "American Progress." (1872). John Gast

6. Pacific Railroad Act (1862)
Provided federal supported for the transcontinental railroad
Completed May 10, 1869
900 miles of track

7. Proximity Point, Utah (May 10, 1869)
“The last rail is laid; the last spike driven; the Pacific Railroad is completed. The point of junction is miles west of the Missouri river and 690 miles east of Sacramento”
+ Union Pacific Railroad

9. Pre-contact, it is estimated there were between 15 and 60 million buffalo
By 1870, 1000 buffalo roam the West
24 to 28 Plains tribes use buffalo in 52 different ways
food, supplies, war and hunting implements
Causes: Permanent railroad tracks, depletion of trees for railroad ties and bridges, and decreasing the wild game
Depletion of Buffalo

13. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

14. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)