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Dollars A Month Transcontinental Railroad
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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Abraham Lincoln Liberty Equality And Power
2,648 wordsAbraham Lincoln: Liberty, Equality, and Power Abraham Lincoln was an important part of American history. He ended slavery and helped America through the civil war. Abraham Lincoln was one of the truly great men of all time. Liberty, equality and power were important not only for the United States at large, but also in the life of Lincoln. Within the scope of this research, we will see how those concepts helped Lincoln to shape his political career and to help the US develop as a great nation it ...
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Millions Of Dollars Transcontinental Railroad
2,899 wordsBUILDING THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD From the time when locomotives first set their immense wheels onto the frigid iron of parallel rails, Americans longed for a means of transportation which would connect the separate regions of California and the Eastern states. This need for connection, fueled by manifest destiny led to the building of the first transcontinental railroad. Expansion of the railroads would have been postponed indefinitely without the unfair support the government provid...
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Union Pacific Credit Mobilier
367 wordsBlack friday Scandal 1869 Early in Grants first term, two gold speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk hoped to buy gold at $ 130 per ounce and sell it at $ 160 per ounce. They tried o corner the gold market. They went to Grant, who had no understanding of monetary issues, and convinced him to tell Treasury Secretary George Boutwell to stop selling gold. The price rose to $ 162 per ounce before Grant realized what he was tricked into doing. Grant ordered Boutwell to release $ 4 million in gold. The...
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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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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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