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Changes Across the USA Ch. 5

Changes Across the USA Ch. 5. Spis- 5.1.2 Transportation/Communication; 5.5.3 Timelines post Civil War; 5.5.4 labor rights 5.5.5 life before WWII. I. Connecting the Country. A. Communication Telegraph Morse code was used to send messages B. Transportation

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Changes Across the USA Ch. 5

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  1. Changes Across the USACh. 5 Spis- 5.1.2 Transportation/Communication; 5.5.3 Timelines post Civil War; 5.5.4 labor rights 5.5.5 life before WWII

  2. I. Connecting the Country A.Communication Telegraph Morse code was used to send messages B. Transportation 1.Steam locomotives-(1830)made trains safer 2. Transcontinental Railroad-crossed the whole US connecting both coasts Take an extra look at transportation…America on the Move Read text 162-167 Add this to journal

  3. Why is this important?? The telegraph and steam locomotive made trains safer and allowed communication with trains so transcontinental railroad was possible! Trains allowed people to travel and circulate jobs and services allowing more people to settle WEST! Farmers used trains to ship goods East!

  4. First Transcontinental Railroad Meets-1869 in Utah RR companies took out a loan to finance this railroad through the pacific Railway Act

  5. New technology (cont.) Connected East and West Hard & dangerous Add this to journal Read text pgs. 166-167

  6. Word Bank for #5 quickly electric signals Samuel Morse telegraph messages HW-read and do pgs. 59 & 61

  7. II. Hardships in Great Plains A. Natural Geography(p. 170) 1. middle of US 2. few trees, flat and grassy B. Building Materials(p.174) 1. used sod to build houses because few trees 2. Great Plains farmers known as sodbusters C. Climatic Conditions(p. 173) 1. very HARSH a. extreme winter-really cold b. extreme summer-hot & dry 2. little rainfall (drought) D. Isolated Communities(p.174) 1. miles away from neighbor 2. life could be lonely E. Lack of revenue $$(p. 175) 1. farming is expensive 2. poor climate to farm 3. poor crop=no money=farmers lose land Text pgs. 170-177- read pg in groups and decide how these are relevant Add this to journal

  8. New technologies (cont.) More productive Replaced workers Add this to journal

  9. Sod House

  10. Sod House 901

  11. Inside a sod house Let's build one!

  12. III. Cattle Drivers A. Supply 1. the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices B. Demand 2.the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices C.Inventions 1. railroad 2. barbed wire Wkbk pgs. 66 & 68 Now do text p. 181 #1

  13. IV. War on the Plains A. Reservations 1. land that government set aside for American Indians 2. American Indians forced to move to reservations. B. Buffalo 1. Settlement of Great Plains destroyed habitat of buffalo herds a. habitat- area where an animal or plant normally lives or grows 2. American Indians needed buffalo to survive.

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