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I’ve Been Workin on the Railroad

I’ve Been Workin on the Railroad. Chugga Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.

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I’ve Been Workin on the Railroad

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  1. I’ve Been Workin on the Railroad ChuggaChuggaChuggaChooChoo

  2. A path would have to be cut through mountains higher than any railroad-builder had ever faced; span deserts where there was no water anywhere; and cross treeless prairies where anxious and defiant Indians would resist their passage. The Transcontinental Railroad

  3. The Building of the Railroads • Built in 1860s • Government offered each company land along its right of way • Two companies • Central Pacific Railroad Company • Union Pacific Railroad Company

  4. Why did America need Railroads? • Communication from East to West was not very good • Travelling time from East to West took 6 months + • It would help fulfil ‘Manifest Destiny’ • The U.S. needed to keep up with other countries • Trade links with China and Japan • Help to bring law and order to the West

  5. Effect of the Railroads:Quick and easy travel to the West • Previous methods • Wagon Train • Foot • By boat • Pony Express • The railroad turned a 6 month journey into a maximum of 8 days • Subsidy: a payment made by the government to encourage the development of the railroad and other certain key industries

  6. Who Made it Possible? • Key Players • Theodore Judah • Grenville Dodge • Both understood the great benefits of a transcontinental railroad • Both devoted their lives to making sure the plan was carried out Railroad experts who conducted land surveys, worked with the government, and found investors for railroad Grenville Dodge

  7. Judah & Dodge located four Sacramento investors who each purchased $15,000 of stock in the newly born Central Pacific Railroad. These men became known as the “Big Four.” The Central Pacific Railroad made these four investors some of the wealthiest men in America. The Transcontinental Railroad Stanford Huntington Hopkins Crocker

  8. Who were “The Big Four”? The Transcontinental Railroad S________ H__________ H_______ C________ tanford untington opkins rocker

  9. Transcontinental Railroad • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. • Said to have had a more profound influence on our history than placing a man on the moon • Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads • Meet at Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869

  10. Effect of the Railroads: Cheap land for people wanting to go West • Once the Railroads were built the Railroad companies had no use for the excess land • Sold land off cheap • Benefitted Homesteaders and Ranchers who came west.

  11. Before the railroads, each town kept its own time, based on the position of the sun. Railroad companies, however, needed more exact time tables. They devised a system with four time zones – eastern, central, mountain and pacific time. Every place within the same time zone observed the same time. The Impact of the Railroads

  12. United States Time Zones Times 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00

  13. Extra, Extra! It’s finally happened! Scientists have created a machine that will allow people to transport to other places instantly! Travelers simply step into a box at their departure site and arrive in a box at their destination within seconds! Cities all over the world have purchased these machines, hoping that it will increase travel and tourism in their areas. • Where would you travel if this happened? • What would be a positive or negative consequence from this type of technology?

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