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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A number of notable technological innovations have taken place between the years 1860-1870 in the United States. In the sphere of communications‚ a major development was the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line across North America by Western Union in 1861 (Western Union 2009). Moreover‚ in 1866‚ after several failed attempts‚ the Transatlantic Cable was laid that connected Europe and North America. Before this landmark event‚ the fastest communication between the two continents
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as arriving from 1851–1860‚ and again in the 1860s when the Central Pacific Railroad recruited large labor gangs‚ many on five year contracts‚ to build its portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Chinese laborers worked out well and thousands more were recruited until the railroad’s completion in 1869. Chinese labor provided the massive labor needed to build the majority of the Central Pacific’s difficult railroad tracks through the Sierra Nevada mountains and across Nevada. The Chinese population
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unsettled and unexplored. As America grew‚ the idea of westward expansion (the settling of the west as the country expanded) grew ever more popular. But how did pioneers cross the American Wilderness? Before the groundbreaking completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10‚ 1869‚ settlers traversed the American West along rough-hewn trails. One such trail—and one of the most well-known—was the Oregon Trail. Stretching over 2‚000 miles from Independence‚ Missouri‚ to destinations in Oregon and California
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policies‚ and technological developments would change that. Technological developments that contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890 include the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad‚ the railroad system expansion with the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads‚ hydraulic mining‚ and barbed wire. The railroads led to economic and industry growth and transportation that was easier
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country was improved immensely. Railroads were built connecting the east and the west and provided a means of transporting goods and people across the country. John Stevens‚ the father of American railroads‚ charted the first railroad in 1815. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was the first completed railroad in the country‚ 1830. Two other significant railroads included the Saratoga‚ which improved trade with the Native Americans‚ and the Transcontinental railroad‚ which was joined by the golden spike
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Roles of Women on the Oregon Trail Part I: What I know Women didn’t have it very easy on the Oregon Trial. They had many chores/jobs they had to get done. And those jobs were no walk in the park. They were hard‚ laborious‚ and dirty jobs. They were also often “handed” these jobs. Women were often taken granted for. In the men’s minds‚ they were trivial‚ but that was far from true. If women hadn’t gone on the Oregon Trail‚ it probably wouldn’t have gotten that far. Women and girls play a big
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They will need this because this way they will get all the money and the people have to come to the North in order to get it. The banks will have the money which will help the North’s economy tremendously because they could use that money to build railroads or other big industries that will benefit them. That is why the North will need all the currency to be the same in all the states. d. Free land for all who want it? The South will need this because they needed more new land so that they could continue
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Journal entry 3 I escaped to the North my first time‚ I underground a railroad that i think should be called the "upperground railroad‚" and I honors "those good men and women for their noble daring‚ and applaud them for willingly subjecting themselves to bloody persecution‚" but i am also adamantly opposed to anyone revealing the means whereby slaves escape. I was in need of money to escape‚ so I proposed to Hugh Auld that he "hire his time." They were great people for helping me‚ but one day
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Wells Fargo & Co. In 1852‚ Wells Fargo & Co was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo with a purpose to serve the West. The new company started the banking (buying gold and selling paper bank drafts as good as gold) and expresses (rapid delivery of the gold and anything else valuable). After starting by Henry Wells and William Fargo‚ Wells Fargo opened for business in the San Francisco port. Soon Wells Fargo’s agents started to operate their offices in the other cities and camps of the West. During
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