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Chapter 6 Section 2 Railroads forced the country into a synchronized time. C.F. Dowd came up with dividing the earth into 24 time zones. Each one for an hour of the day US had 4 of the time zones Railroads unified the country from coast to coast
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Other industries grew to keep pace with railroads demands Iron, coal, steel, lumber, and glass Towns got into specific industries Chicago – stockyards Minneapolis - grain
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Period 2, 5, & 6 We will examine the impact of railroads on the development of America. Skyscraper Challenge Chapter 6.2 Notes Pullman Strike documents Chapter 6.3 Reading
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George Pullman built sleeper cars for the railroads Built a town specifically for his workers to live in. Apartments were nicer than most cities in US Workers couldn’t drink alcohol Workers couldn’t loiter Pullman had a violent strike when he cut wages but wouldn’t lower rent
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The Panic of 1893 600 banks closed 15,000 business failed 4 million people lost their jobs The Panic of 1893 was the worst economic depression up to that point
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