1. Explain the changes bought about by the railroads
Impact of Railroads
Explain the changes bought about by the railroads

2. How did railroads affect time?
Too difficult to set schedules when every community determined its own time
Established standard time
A system that divided the United States into four time zones

3. How did the railroads affect the economy?
Linked economies of the west and east
Raw materials went from the West to the East
Manufactured goods went from the East to the West

4. How did the railroads change the population of the West?
Helped settlers, such as farmers, ranchers, and miners move west.
Weakened the hold of the Native Americans on the West.

5. In what way did the railroads give people the control of the environment?
Made it possible for people to build cities in places with no waterways, such as rivers, to use for transportation.

6. Activity
Illustrate how the railroads altered time

7. Summary Why was standard time created?
Which of the economic and social changes do you think were positive?
Which were negative?