1. Whiteboards

2. On your whiteboard…
List any topic that comes to mind when you hear the word “economics”

3. On your whiteboard…
What does “economic effects” mean???

4. On your whiteboard…
What does the term “transportation” mean?

5. On your whiteboard…
What was the fastest means of transportation in the late 1800s?

6. Transcontinental Railroad

7. Transcontinental Railroad
Completed in 1869 by the Union, Central, and Western Pacific Railroad Companies
1,907 miles of continuous railroad track
Built mostly by Chinese immigrant labor
Reduce the travel time from the East to the West coast from 4 months to 1 week!