1 / 12

Chapter 19 Politics and Progress

Chapter 19 Politics and Progress. Intro to M odern Era in the U.S. 1880/1890’s was a time of rapid growth and expansion 1888: Capitol building completed in Austin Lawlessness still a problem in TX Texas Rangers used heavily “Wild West”: people move west

dexter-orr
Download Presentation

Chapter 19 Politics and Progress

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 19Politics and Progress

  2. Intro to Modern Era in the U.S. • 1880/1890’s was a time of rapid growth and expansion • 1888: Capitol building completed in Austin • Lawlessness still a problem in TX • Texas Rangers used heavily • “Wild West”: people move west • Entering an era of “progress…”- “Progressive Era” … Austin

  3. Railroads and New Emerging Technology • Before 1900 most families traveled by wagon/ horse & “buggy” • Took 1 day to travel 20 miles/might only go to town 1-2 times a year • Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston became Rail Centers • By 1884 most major cities had telephones • Streetcars/Trolleyappeared in cities • Agricultureboomed … • Industry Thrived …

  4. Promontory Point – Utah 1869Two Key Rail Lines Meet to Service & Connect the West Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet

  5. The Famous Rail Company Lines that Met in Utah (Outside of SLC) Central Pacific RR Union Pacific RR Irish Immigrants from the East Coast Chinese Immigrants from California

  6. Connection Point

  7. The American Railroad is Expanding West!!!!  Eventually the U.S. Rail Lines will Look like This Out West

  8. Union Pacific RailroadWhat can you conclude about Texas from this map?

  9. How does the expansion of railroads changeAmerica?

  10. Many communities paid railroads companies to build lines through their towns- Why do you think they did this?

More Related