2. Lost Generation – No men

3. Lost Generation – No men
Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans

4. Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans
Ratify the 13th Amendment
- Ban Slavery

5. Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans
Ratify the 13th Amendment
- Ban Slavery
Ratify the 14th Amendment
- Citizenship

6. Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans

7. Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans

8. Troops are removed from the South
Lincoln Johnson Radical Republicans

9. Transcontinental Railroad
Why
1. Move crops & animals.
2. Move people west.
3. Gold & Silver Rush
4. Control Indians
5. Transport mail – east/west

10. Transcontinental Railroad
Where
Sacramento California – Omaha Nebraska
(2000 miles)
Pacific Railway Act
Gave 10 square miles of land for 1mile of track laid.
10 Sq. Mi.
10 Sq. Mi.
10 Sq. Mi.
10 Sq. Mi.

11. Transcontinental Railroad
Who
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Omaha WEST
Sacramento EAST
Builder ~ T. Durant
Builder ~ T. Judah
Workers Germans and Dutch
Workers Irish and Chinese
Problems
Plains –weather
Rocky Mountains
Problems
Sierra Nevada
Salt lake Valley

12. Transcontinental Railroad
Completion
1863 – May
“Golden Spike” – Promontory, Utah
New Records
April 28, miles of track was laid in one day
May 1869 You could go from Omaha to San Francisco in 4 day for $40
June 1876 a train went from New York to San Francisco in 83 hours.

13. Other Railroads in the West
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
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