Native Americans Throughout American History: Antagonist Or Colonists

Throughout American history, Native Americans were known as “savages” or the antagonist because of the way they looked and acted. Their rituals and beliefs were very different from the white people, who were forcing them out of their land. From 1850-1870 the Indians had a major territorial loss. It all started when the transcontinental railroad was being built in the early 1800’s. The transcontinental railroad started in Sacramento, California and ended in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They made the railroad on the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific routes.

The transcontinental railroad was finished on May 10, 1869. 10 thousand to 12 thousand men who were thought as incapable and weak built the railroad in almost 6 years. Their biggest obstacle