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An Expanding Nation

An Expanding Nation. By:Vivyan Tran #:22. The Transcontinental Railroad. It went from Omaha, Nebraska all the way to Sacramento, California. President Lincoln was a supporter for the transcontinental railroad. The workers were paid for every mile each.

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An Expanding Nation

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  1. An Expanding Nation By:Vivyan Tran #:22

  2. The Transcontinental Railroad • It went from Omaha, Nebraska all the way to Sacramento, California. • President Lincoln was a supporter for the transcontinental railroad. • The workers were paid for every mile each. • They were having trouble for letting Native Americans being workers. • The chief of the Native Americans said that they are scaring the buffalos away. • So they hired Chinese people to do the job by exploding caves with dynamites and help them build the track. • They builds the railroads over the mountains. • They were finish on the railroad in b1867.

  3. The Gold Rush • Gold miners found gold in California. • The gold was also found in Denver, Colorado. • People think that if there is gold in Denver, there might be in somewhere else too. • They went to find gold to get be very rich. • Some people shuffle in dirt because there was gold flakes too.

  4. Cowboys

  5. Effects of the Railroads and Gold Rush

  6. War in the West

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