2. Andrew Carnegie  Born in Scotland  Grew up in railroad industry  Eventually invested in steel  Traveled to Europe where he found the Bessemer Process – Cheap way of producing steel  Men Who Built America Clip

3. Do Now: Read “An American Story” at the beginning of 14.2 and summarize  Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) explain the impact of the Railroad (2) write from a chose perspective Homework:  14.3 and 14.4 DUE TUESDAY  Quiz Chapter 14 Wednesday

4. Lincoln the Nation  1865 – 35,000 miles of railroad  1900 – 200,000 miles of railroad  Beginning – Pacific Railway Act, 1862 (President Lincoln)  2 Corporations (Union Pacific and Central Pacific) construct railroad  Got land as they built

6. Union Pacific  Grenville Dodge – Head Engineer  Hardships:  Blizzards, scorching heat, Native Americans  Workers (10,000+):  Irish immigrants, Civil War vets

7. Central Pacific  The “Big Four” – Sacramento merchants who owned the railroad  Leland Stanford – Eventually became Governor of Cali  10,000 workers from China

9. Linking the Lines  1865 – Hundreds of small, unconnected, lines  Eventually became 7 major lines  Cornelius Vanderbilt – Most famous consolidator

10. Benefit of National System  Clocks used to be set by sun  Scheduling for trains tough and dangerous  1883 – American Railway Association created Time Zones  Why?? To make it easier to schedule trails  Government accepted in 1918  Unified the country

11. Land Grants  Land given to rail companies  Railroads would then sell to settlers, real estate companies, and other businesses  This funded railroad building

12. Robber Barons  Corrupt business men of late 1800s  Tons of bribery and cheating during this time  Jay Gould – practiced “insider trading”  Used info he got as rail owner to manipulate stock

13. Credit Mobilier  Construction company set up by stock holders of Union Pacific  Signed contracts with themselves and overcharged railroad for work  Investors made millions, but railroad was bankrupt  Congress members bribed

14. RAFT ACTIVITY (You must do 4 small ones) RoleAudienceFormatTopic Cornelius Vanderbilt Jay GouldText Message (2 Sentences) Time Zones Jay GouldJohn RockefellerTweet (140 Characters) Land Grants Grenville DodgeLeland StanfordEmail (2-3 Sentences) Union and Central Pacific rail companies Leland StanfordAlexander Graham Bell PostcardRobber Barons Thomas EdisonCornelius Vanderbilt Telegram (2-3 Sentences) Linking the railroads