politician‚ and railroad builder. Dodge was born in 1831 in Massachusetts‚ and in 1850 graduated from a military school as a civil engineer. He later became a surveyor of railroad routes in Iowa‚ Illinois‚ and Nebraska. He then married in 1854 and moved further west for Council Bluffs. In 1859 Grenville Dodge and Abraham Lincoln met by chance in Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. As they spoke he assured the president that in the future Platte Valley would be the route of the Pacific Railroad. As promised‚ 7
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spurred the Chinese on to immigrant quicker. After the Gold Rush‚ Chinese immigrants moved to the Railroad industry. (Asian) Around this time was when the Transcontinental Railroad was begun. The Central Pacific Railroad‚ working from the west‚ hired any Chinese to build their part of the railroad. (A Chinaman’s) The Chinese had to level ground‚ lay tracks‚ and blast tunnels through where the railroad would run. (A Chinaman’s) The Chinese were well known for their cheap labor. By 1867‚ the Chinese
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this distinction has not been strictly observed. Standard Gauge- a railroad gauge of 56.5 inches (1.435 m)‚ standard in the US ‚ Britain‚ and many other parts of the world. Trunk Lines- a main line of a railroad‚ telephone system‚ or other network Cornelius Vanderbilt- United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) Union Pacific Railroad- is a Class I line haul freight railroad that operates 8‚400 locomotives over 31‚390 route-miles in 23 states
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Explain the impact and importance 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
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and discovered opportunity‚ the need for transportation gave birth to the transcontinental railroad. Americans began to cultivate land‚ and master new trades‚ creating growing socio economic systems. The railroad industry proved to be a major component and a foundation of the new American industry. Railroads created need for steel production‚ coal and sparked a competitive mindset among companies. The railroad industry essentially was the first monopoly‚ in turn leading to granger laws‚ as well as
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distinction between a robber baron and a captain of industry alternates with the point of view from which you hold. Leland Stanford and the Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad are perfect examples of how there are contrasting arguments about their proper titles in history. Leland Stanford was the president of the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR or CP) with Collis Huntington‚ Mark Hopkins‚ and Charles Crocker as his main colleagues. These four men are looked at in history as both dignified captains of
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Tammany Hall of the late 19th century was -a democratic political machine that controlled New York City politics Which of the following is most related to the oil industry? -John D. Rockefeller The Credit Mobilier scandal involved what business? -Railroad Which author is credited with coining the term Gilded Age? -Mark Twain The Pendleton Act was in response to the -assassination of President Garfield In the last third of the nineteenth century‚ steel became a more widely used material after
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During the 5 years‚ you must grow crops. But my father is going to the West for mining gold. It’s May 8th‚ 1861. Tomorrow my family and I leave for the West. We are going by railroad. It will be my first time going on the railroad. I’m so excited yet nervous. I heard that it’s a Transcontinental Railroad. That means that it’s a railroad that spans the continent. May 9th‚ 1861 Man: “So what are you on this train for?” Me: “Moving to the West. My family is getting a big house with 160 acres of
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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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