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Effect Of The Railroads On United States
1,518 wordsThere were numerous revolutionary inventions that contributed to the giant leap made by some nations during the Industrial Revolution. From inventions in the textile industry to inventions in transportation, these many innovations played a central role in the rise of the industrial nations. Among the significant inventions that contributed foremost to the rise of nations such as the United States, the railroad stands out. The railway system originated in the European nation, England, which had a...
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Ny Times Federal Troops
1,401 wordsOn July 16 th several firemen and brakemen on The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad refused to work the trains and caused a massive buildup of train traffic in Camden Junction just outside of Baltimore. The strikers gave their reason for striking; a 10 percent wage cut taking affect that day. (NY Times) The strikers overtook trains and there was even a report of a beating taking place of a fireman who continued to work. The company had been prepared for a strike and a force of 40 police officers was s...
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Fugitive Slave Law Harriet Tubman
1,275 wordsThe Underground Railroad was a secret pathway organized by abolitionists -- many of them free blacks and Quakers. Its purpose was to help runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North or in Canada. Often, the passage to freedom followed natural boundaries, such as a river. Usually, slaves relied on secret helpers in towns scattered along the route to freedom. These "conductors" would help a slave move from one safe house to another, usually under cover of darkness. One daring conductor, Harriet ...
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Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman
731 wordsDramatic Firsthand Accounts of Daring Escapes to Freedom Knowing very few details concerning the Underground Railroad I felt compelled to read The Underground Railroad. Blinded by the misconceptions of many history books that my teachers reinforced through their lectures, I was determined to find out the "entire truth" of my ancestor's rigorous route to freedom. What I recall from my high school history courses is that for the most part only Quakers& white abolitionist aided the "helpless fugiti...
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Transcontinental Railroad Industrial Growth
537 wordsQuestion: What factors helped to promote Americas huge industrial growth during the period from 1860 to 1900? Industrialization in America did not begin until about a hundred years after it began in England and other European countries. Although once it began, it kept on going. Within forty years America was producing anywhere between double to five times the amount of steel that Germany or England was producing. This was called The Industrial Boom. During The Industrial Boom many of the things ...
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Characters In The Story Social Darwinism
1,008 wordsAt the turn of the century, American readers were interested only in stories with happy endings, where goodness was praised and evil was punished. They did not particularly care if that was a false interpretation of the way life really was. When men such as Frank Norris, the author of The Octopus, wrote angrily of the injustices and poverty to be found in America, readers turned away. The Octopus made them change their minds. The course of the novel and the reality of its characters held the rea...
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Underground Railroad Slave Catchers
1,305 wordsOne hot day in 1850, a man named Jeb staggered out of the woods, looked about him to get his bearings, and plunged down a lane toward the river. He only had a few moments of freedom before he heard the baying of hounds. He splashed up to his knees in the shallow stream and wade. The dogs tried desperately to pick up the scent but the water had destroyed it. He had no time to waste. All he could think of was the North Star. That was his hope. That was where his freedom lay. (Flight to Freedom, He...
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1,215 wordsVail Mountain School Grade 8 The Transcontinental Railroad Although many changes occurred in the mid 1800 's in America, such as the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War, the Transcontinental Railroad profoundly changed the U. S. This tremendous project, partly funded by Congress, was one of the key factors that encouraged foreign immigration to America. The Transcontinental Railroad certainly instilled a sense of overwhelming pride in this nation, and it paved the way for the development of ...
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Time Life Books Transcontinental Railroad
1,244 words... e the charge ignited. In order to speed up the process of blasting through the mountains, a new type of explosive was adopted. It was called nitro-glycerin; this compound was extremely explosive and unstable to transport. A Scottish chemist was hired to mix the formula near the workers. Although this would speed up the construction, it came at a heavy price. Workers were often killed by debris that would fly into the air when the explosives went off. The debris included trees, rocks, and dir...
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19 Th Century Technical Progress
678 wordsThe Railroad The significance of the railroad for the settlement of the Great Plains and for the industrialization of America can hardly be overestimated. In 19 th century people used to compare railroad tracks to the blood vessels in mans body, so vital these iron tracks were for the normal functioning of American nation. The first railroad in America was opened in 1826; it united Boston and the town of Quincy. It is very symptomatic that its opening was described as visionary by majority of Am...
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Sea Level Canal Panama Canal
10,403 wordsTHE FRENCH CANAL CONSTRUCTION The Geographical Society of Paris organized a committee in 1876 to seek international cooperation for studies to fill in gaps in the geographical knowledge of the Central American area for the purpose of building an inter oceanic canal. The committee, a limited company, La Soci? t? Civile Internationale du Canal Interoc? antique de Darien, was headed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. Exploration of the Isthmus was assigned to French Navy Lieutenant Lucien N. B. Wyse, a grand...
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Transcontinental Railroad Native Americans
1,206 wordsDouble Edge Sword After the civil war, we had thousands upon thousands of people looking for the American Dream, and Horace Greeley, who stated the famous words Go west young man, helped to start the great migration westward. There was plenty of cheap land west of the Mississippi, and gold was for in the West, just waiting for those who could get there. The migration ultimately interfered with the Native Americans, which changed their way of life forever. Many poor souls tried to make it in the ...
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Pierpont Morgan Hartford Connecticut
5,030 wordsJohn Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&# 038; T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and courage, has twice in times of stress repelle...
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
450 wordsHARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGOUND RAILROAD Harriet Tubman was a black American who helped many slaves escape to freedom. She lived from 1820 to 1813. Tubman became the most famous leader of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a bunch of routes that slaves used to escape to the free states. Some of these states were Ohio, Indiana, and Philadelphia. Some routes led into Canada. The way the Underground Railroad received it? s name was not from being underground or from being a ra...
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19 Th Century Union Pacific
822 wordsMaury Klein? s? A Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad, ? gives a new perspective of reliable transportation. During much of the 19 th century railroads dominated the American industrial landscape. The railroad enabled people to travel farther and also more widely. The railroad was one of the greatest technological advancements of the 19 th century. Two hundred thousand miles of track were laid by 1900. The railroad began to symbolize American prosperity. By the 1890 s the rail industry was near coll...
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Transcontinental Railroad Railroad Lines West
274 wordsImpact of the Railroad Ever since the 1830 s when Horatio Allen imported the first steam locomotive from Britain, railroads have captured the imagination of Americans. This new machine with the luxury of riverboats, could cross immense distances and terrains that would exhaust horses. Railroads made local travel possible and reliable enough for business as well as for people and families moving west. After realizing how the railroad greatly impacted the settlement of the west and the development...
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J P Morgan U S Steel
1,534 wordsJohn Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. Morgan was a banker, railroad czar, industrialist, financier, philanthropist, yachtsman, and ladies man. The wealth of the Morgan family did not begin with Pierpont but with his grandfather Joseph Morgan. Josephs first son was Junius Spencer Morgan, also destined for the life of a businessman. In 1864 Junius took over the Peabody Company and changed the name to J. S. Morgan &# 038; Co. John Pierpo...
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Union Pacific Pacific Railroad
927 wordsRAILROADS AND THE GROWTH OF THE WEST The Railroad affected The United States in its own unique way. One of the most notable railroads of its time was Union Pacific Railroads first transcontinental line, the greatest and most daring engineering effort the country had yet seen. This particular line was built in the mid to late 1860 s. During this time period it is said that America had a Railroad Fever. The goals of the transcontinental railroad were varied. The railroad was seen as a new form of ...
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University Of Chicago East And The West
2,445 wordsThe nation network of railroads laid from 1848 through the Civil War, and the steam powered locomotives that traversed them, supplied Chicago with vast new markets, resources, and people who quickly transformed it from a quiet Frontier village into a highly populated industrial powerhouse. The Chicago of 1830 was hardly a city at all. Fort Dearborn located near the fork of what is now the Chicago River was bogged down with mud and tormented by disease and Indian wars. By the 1833 when the city w...
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