Before the advent of the transcontinental railroad‚ a journey across the continent to the western states meant a dangerous six month trek over rivers‚ deserts‚ and mountains. Alternatively‚ a traveler could hazard a six week sea voyage around Cape Horn‚ or sail to Central America and cross the Isthmus of Panama by rail‚ risking exposure to any number of deadly diseases in the crossing. Interest in building a railroad uniting the continent began soon after the advent of the locomotive. The first
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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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of the railroads in the unification of Germany Germany‚ during the two decades of the first major railroads being built‚ was separated into three-dozen individual states. The railroads provided an opportunity for those states to merge into a united country. This was accomplished through a unified trading system‚ linking the industrial cities‚ uniting Western and Eastern Prussia‚ delivering a more effective structure to law and order and competition between states and private companies. During
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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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Impact of Railroads on the United States During the mid 1800’s‚ several inventions and industrial improvements were made that would change life in the United States forever. One of the greatest improvements was that of the railroad. The first documented American railway‚ which was horse powered‚ began operating in the year 1810 (Wilson‚ Pg 20). However‚ with the invention of the steam engine applied to this concept‚ the railroad became the quickest and most efficient mode of transportation available
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It is not that easy to become a Hero to Zero in No time. I am not talking about Suresh Kalmadi‚ Barkha Dutt and Chetan Bhagat. This is a post about the class tests and examinations that tortured us during our school days. I was a champion of sorts in getting zero marks in class tests and examinations. When I joined a new school in Class 6‚ I became a hero with my joke-cracking skills ‚ own composed songs‚ Dancing ability and my secret weapon - Mimicry. My friends were also scared of me because of
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Hyundai is now the most successful car company in the US and it has the numbers to prove it. It has come up with a way to sell cars to people who fear that they will be homeless and it works. Most large car companies posted more significant unit sales drops in February than analysts expected. GM (GM) only sold 268‚737 light vehicles. Three years ago‚ that would have been its take for the July 4th “cash back” weekend. Ford (F) moved 96‚044 units‚ off 48% from the same month last year. As usual‚ the
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of America’s greatest feat was the continental railroad system developed/finished in the late nineteenth century. During this time it was very crucial for America to link states or territories as much as they could. This would speed the process up of traveling across the country in an exponential rate. “By the end of the construction of the continental railroad there was approximately two-hundred and fifteen thousand total miles made up of tracks in the US.” (S1) This made it paramount to travel
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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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When the 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
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