Union Pacific Railroad was authorized to construct a transcontinental railroad with substantial financial support from the federal government‚ officers and directors of the company devised a plan to make an immediate profit from its construction by fraud. The vehicle for this fraud was a company called Credit Mobilier of America. The method was to have Credit Mobilier‚ which was entirely controlled by the same people‚ bill the Union Pacific for the costs of constructing the railroad. There was no
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was until railroads started getting built on both sides. Building railroads did have downfalls though‚ as the building process was very hard on their bodies. It was also very hard to get supplies to the building. Then people invented different types of track to help evolve the building of the railroad systems. Railroads helped evolve the United States into what it is today‚ despite all the rough patches the Americans faced to make it happen. Beginning in the nineteenth century‚ railroads were built
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The Big Four were the men known in building the Central Pacific Railroad‚ the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. The four men were Leland Stanford who was the President‚ Collis P. Huntington who was the Vice President‚ Mark Hopkins who was the Treasurer‚ and Charles Crocker who was the Construction Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet‚ New York‚ and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848
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Why did opposition to Alexander II grow in the 1870’s? During 1870’s opposition towards Alexander II arose because of two reasons‚ one of which was his sudden reactionary attitude after an assassination attempt in 1866. As a result of this event‚ Alexander‚ who was at the time strongly influenced by conservatives‚ saw a reason for his unpopularity the western aspects he brought to Russia by his liberal reforms and therefore removed all liberal ministers he appointed before and replaced them with
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a chilly Illinois. It was the hottest place to which I had ever been. The both of us‚ father and son‚ were going to meet up with my grandpa to go to the Grand Canyon for one of the greatest trips ever. We were going white water rafting on the Colorado River for eight days. Returning to the hotel‚ we immediately headed into the conference room to begin the week’s plans. Surrounding me were men and women at least sixty years old and I fleetingly realized that I was‚ by far‚ the youngest one there
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construction of the transcontinental railroad? Chinese in the 1800’s faced many challenges in the process of building the transcontinental railroad. The Chinese faced discrimination‚ dangerous working areas‚ and long hours of work with little wage. The transcontinental railroad had a purpose for its construction. It served to transport goods and supplies to areas in which it was burdening to transport to using other kinds of transportation. Building the railroad served to also receive land‚ loans
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Fabiana Byles The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 September 21‚ 2014 Scharfenberg The Strike of the Railroads The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a huge protest of railroad workers that spread across the United States. These strikes were started due to wage cuts in the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. This was a violent protest in the B&O station in West Virginia‚ Pittsburgh‚ Chicago‚ Maryland and Ohio. Labor was able to unionize by the workers working together in demonstrations but they
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and the Transcontinental Railroad led to economic growth in the United States. The Erie Canal was manmade and goes from Albany all the way to buffalo. The Railroad starts in the West and goes to the east‚ the railroad was to bring goods from the West to the East and/or from the East to the west… The Erie Canal is 4ft deep and 40ft wide‚ the Erie Canal was also manmade. The Erie Canal was a cheaper way to transport goods (such as raw meats). The Erie Canal and the Railroad were both cheap and reliable
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Before the transcontinental railroad their was not a quick way to go to the west coast from the east coast. If you wanted to go across the country it was a six month dangerous journey that had many obstacles like rivers‚ deserts‚ and mountains. Their was another way to get to the west coast and that would take six weeks sail around Cape Horn but this way was very expensive so America knew that they had to come up with some thing so people could travel from the east coast to the west coast quickly
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It was finally done‚ the long trip to Colorado Springs. We made it to the new house and my mom and my older sister were with me unpacking and fixing up the house. My mom needed some curtain rods and materials for something to be fixed in the house. Like usual‚ my sister wanted to follow her to Home Depot. I felt fine alone in the house so I told my mom that it was okay to leave me there. She was afraid because it was getting dark but she knew this would be a quick trip. She finally left and I started
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