1. Railroads and Industry After the union is restored, people decide to move west. –“westward expansion/manifest destiny” May 10, 1869 the west and east are linked in Utah. The nation’s first transcontinental railroad is complete.

2. Driving The Last Spike

4. Impact of Transcontinental Railroad Brought growth and settlement across the west. Enabled people, supplies, and mail to move quickly and cheaply. Settlements sprang up along the tracks The largest towns and cities developed near railroads.

5. Civil War Rail Lines

6. Rail Lines in 1870

7. Rail Lines Modern

8. Other Improvements Time zones are established to simplify train schedules. New system divided the nation into four time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific

9. Time Zones in U.S.

10. Other Improvements Cont’d… George Westinghouse – “air brake” could now stop all railroad cars at once. –Increased safety, trains could now run longer and faster George Pullman – “Pullman cars” luxurious railroad sleeping cars.

11. Cornelius Vanderbilt

12. Railroad baron who consolidated the lines connecting New York and Chicago.

13. Farmers vs. Railroads