Transcontinental railroad: (T. R.) Railroad connecting Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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Transcontinental railroad: (T.R.) Railroad connecting Atlantic and Pacific oceans Time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Union Pacific One of the two railroad companies given the contract by the Federal Government to build the transcontinental railroad. Began in Omaha, NE and went to Promontory, UT Promontory, UT Summit where Central Pacific and Union Pacific met to complete the T.R. How was the 1st T.R. built? Help from the Government: Govn’t hired the 2 companies, provided some land and supplies to build the railroads Immigrants lay track: Many immigrants needed jobs and would do the dangerous work. Chinese were dominant in the West while Irish were in the East Joining the railroads: Sacramento from the west and Omaha from the East met in Promontory Utah to complete. Much built over Great Plains which is Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains How did the T.R. change America? Railroad time: Created standard time with the same time for everyone instead of relying on solar time Movement to the Frontiers: helped open up the West to settlers Transcontinental railroad: (T.R.) Railroad connecting Atlantic and Pacific oceans Time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Union Pacific One of the two railroad companies given the contract by the Federal Government to build the transcontinental railroad. Began in Omaha, NE and went to Promontory, UT Promontory, UT Summit where Central Pacific and Union Pacific met to complete the T.R. How was the 1st T.R. built? Help from the Government: Govn’t hired the 2 companies, provided some land and supplies to build the railroads Immigrants lay track: Many immigrants needed jobs and would do the dangerous work. Chinese were dominant in the West while Irish were in the East Joining the railroads: Sacramento from the west and Omaha from the East met in Promontory Utah to complete. Much built over Great Plains which is Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains How did the T.R. change America? Railroad time: Created standard time with the same time for everyone instead of relying on solar time Movement to the Frontiers: helped open up the West to settlers Directory: cms -> lib6 -> AZ01001175 -> Centricity -> Domain lib6 -> Unit 11: Sports & Entertainment Communications lib6 -> Sports & Entertainment Marketing Unit Two Outline, 2014-15 School Year lib6 -> Aeneid, Book VI english and Latin Translation Passages (English by A. S. Klein) Lines 1-55, the Temple at Cumae lib6 -> The Seminar Gazette lib6 -> Tour begins at: 6pm at Somerset Borough Building 340 West Union Street Somerset, Pa 15501 Domain -> The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge Domain -> September 19 and 20 Domain -> Activity 3 Count Me In Introduction Domain -> Lesson 1 Coding for the Crowd Download 6.36 Kb. Share with your friends:
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