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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?
Why Build a Transcontinental Railroad?Why Build a Transcontinental Railroad?
Growth of West CoastWest Coast gold and silverShorter trip to move WestConnect East with West for
businessSolidify the UnionAchieve Manifest Destiny
Getting Started…Getting Started…Choosing a route
◦ Congress ordered surveys in 1853◦ Debates between north and south about route◦ No free-state politicians would approve funds
for a railroad that would spread slavery◦ Northerners won when South seceded
Conquering the Sierra Nevada◦ Giant, rocky, snowy obstacle for the engineers◦ Found a route through Donner Pass in 1860
Getting Started…(cont’d)Getting Started…(cont’d)
Gaining government support◦ Needed government cooperation, money,
and LAND◦ Government was on board, but occupied by
Civil War
Who will pay?◦ Big Four (Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins,
Crocker) Created and chaired Central Pacific Railroad
◦ Thomas Durant ◦ Ames Brothers
Bought most of the Union Pacific stock
Who Made it Possible?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
What Made it Possible?What Made it Possible?Pacific Railway Act
◦ Passed July 1, 1862◦ Created Union Pacific to build road from the
East and meet the Central Pacific◦ Provided companies 5 alternating plots of
land on each side of the road for each mile along the route
◦ Allowed $16,000 for each mile of flat land, $32,000 for hills, and $48,000 for mountain terrain
◦ Revised in 1864 to allow companies more land and privileges
The Game PlanThe Game PlanCentral Pacific Railroad
◦Begin in Sacramento, CA◦Broke ground January 1863
Union Pacific Railroad◦Begin in Omaha, NE◦Broke ground in late 1863 but no
tracks laid until 1865Route along the 42nd ParallelMeeting place: Promontory
Summit, UT
Significance of the RailroadSignificance of the Railroad
Biggest and best engineering project of its time
Made the country smallerHelped spur interest in Homestead
ActImproved communicationThe beginning of the end for Native
AmericansLed to other transcontinental
railroads and shorter branches
BibliographyBibliography
Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Build the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.
Cooper-Winter, Rebecca. Eastward to Promontory. 30 July 2007. CPRR.org. 12 Oct. 2008. http://cprr.org/Museum/Galloway_Judah_ASCE/index.html#006
“Grand TorchlightProcession and Illumination on Account of the Pacific Railroad Act.” San Francisco Bulletin. Vol. 14, Iss. 81, Pg 3. (11 July 1862)
Pictures: http://west.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/pager.php?id=53Map: http://www.tcrr.com/Transcontinental-Railroad-map-wiki.jpg
Let’s Build a Railroad!Let’s Build a Railroad!Look at your index card
◦ Go to the starting point for your railroad◦ Find the workers whose cards have the
same color dot as yours◦ The person whose card is marked with an
“S” is the supervisor
Supervisors◦ Hand out tasks at each stop◦ Read information aloud to other workers
Let’s Build a Railroad!Let’s Build a Railroad!Stop at each city in order
Read information provided and use it to complete the tasks for that station◦ Each task sheet will act as a railroad tie◦ When finished, fold paper in half with
colored dot on top and lay on the rails
After all ties are laid at a station, gather as a group for an “overnight camp”◦ Discuss the questions on your worksheet
for that station