The building of the railroads

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The building of the railroads

a song about our topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEe9DF_mUEI Vocabulary definitions Bellwork: Mortality: the state or condition of being subject to death Indentured: a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service. In America, they received passage to the New World in exchange for labor Cultivate: to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops Indispensable: absolutely necessary or essential Doctrinal: relating to doctrine, which is a policy taught or advocated

The Building of the first railroads http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental- railroad/videos/american-railroad Why are the building of the Erie Canal and the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio related?

The building of the transcontinental railroad--according to Charlie Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qYUnm4ZYY

Points of importance: •Symbolism after the civil war •Union pacific: (the hare) from Omaha, Ne West •central pacific (the tortoise) from sacramento, CA EAST •1800 miles across rivers, deserts and mountains •$16,000-48,000 per mile of track Land grants given to companies

Central pacific: relied heavily on chinese immigrants The workers Union pacific: used former slaves and civil war soldiers, immigrants from germany and ireland and cowboys Central pacific: relied heavily on chinese immigrants

What it was like to build: http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad

Activity-- You will be in groups to examine 3 primary sources about the completion of the railroad. Your assignment is to figure out what the completion of the railroad meant to americans at that time.

Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzo6Otpgj-E Last 5 minutes of Charlie Brown version