Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was
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This railroad was the key principle agent of industrial development in the late nineteenth century. The railroad moved people closer and unified the nation. Since the railroad was able to transport products in a more efficient manner‚ people from opposite sides of the country were able to have similar products that were mostly ordered from
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of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad started construction in the 1860’s. This allowed the first freight train to travel from California to the East Coast. There were 690 miles of tracks laid by the Central Pacific‚ which started in Sacramento. The Union Pacific laid 1‚087 miles of track‚ which began in Omaha. In Promontory Summit‚ Utah these lines were joined together. (The First Transcontinental Railroad. ‚ n.d.) The creation of the Transcontinental Railroad
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|Name: |Date: | Graded Assignment The Annotated Bibliography An annotated bibliography contains all the sources that provided information for your research project. It differs from a regular bibliography in that each entry includes a brief explanation about how the source was used‚ how it helped you understand your topic‚ and whether it is a primary
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Intermodal and Rail Freight in the United States Railroads historically have been the most ecologically sound way to move freight from one place to many other places where rail is available. When diesels are compared to rail‚ the rail has become more cost-effective than transporting using the interstate system by depressing emissions and decreasing pollution. The Predetermined Rail System The beginning of the rail system didn’t actually start from the rail system as we know it from the 1800’s
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history the United States have had problems with the economy and addressed them with new programs to stimulate the United States. Some examples of these programs are the federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC) and the building of the transcontinental railroad. The federal deposit insurance corporation or FDIC was founded in 1933 in response to the failure of various banks in the 1920’s and early 1930’s. The FDIC was founded after the failure of many banks due to people trying to remove
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The Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad constructed by both the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies. Construction started in 1862 and ended in 1869 when the two railroads met in Promontory. 4.)How much did it cost to travel across the United States once it was completed? It cost 65$ to travel the Transcontinental Railroad for third class‚ 110$ for second class‚ And 136$ for first class from New York
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It wasn’t until 1862‚ though‚ that the Pacific Railroad Act enacted the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. For seven years the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies built‚ one starting on the east coast and the other on the west‚ and finally met in Promontory‚ Utah‚ on May 10‚ 1869. There the historic golden spike was driven in‚ uniting the country from east to west. This railroad became a quick form of transportation across the country‚ allowing migration
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“I declare this to be gold‚” announced John Augustus Sutter one random day in the early months of the year 1848. During the construction of a sawmill in 1848‚ James Marshall the carpenter in-charge of the construction made a major discovery of gold. While Sutter wanted to keep this discovery a secret‚ the news eventually got out‚ leading to what is now known as the California Gold Rush. Of course‚ once the news of gold spread‚ men swarmed to California to get a grab at the expensive metal. Soon western
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impacted‚ and most of all how it happened and why. In 1869‚ the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory‚ Utah. This transcontinental railroad made traveling easier and more efficient. By having this railroad‚ western travelers now could take less dangerous routes and it wouldn’t take as long. After a year into the Civil War‚ congress finally passed the Pacific Railroad Act which grants
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