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It’s finally happened! Scientists have created a machine that will allow people to transport to other places instantly! Travelers simply step into a box at their departure site and arrive in a box at their destination within seconds! Cities all over the world have purchased these machines, hoping that it will increase travel and tourism in their areas. •Where would you travel if this happened? •What would be a positive or negative consequence from this type of technology?

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It’s finally happened! Scientists have created a machine that will allow people to transport to other places instantly! Travelers simply step into a box at their departure site and arrive in a box at their destination within seconds! Cities all over the world have purchased these machines, hoping that it will increase travel and tourism in their areas.

•Where would you travel if this happened?•What would be a positive or negative consequence from this type of technology?

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The First Transcontinental The First Transcontinental Railroad Railroad

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Why Build a Transcontinental Railroad?Why Build a Transcontinental Railroad?

Growth of West CoastWest Coast gold and silverShorter trip to move WestConnect East with West for

businessSolidify the UnionAchieve Manifest Destiny

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Getting Started…Getting Started…Choosing a route

◦ Congress ordered surveys in 1853◦ Debates between north and south about route◦ No free-state politicians would approve funds

for a railroad that would spread slavery◦ Northerners won when South seceded

Conquering the Sierra Nevada◦ Giant, rocky, snowy obstacle for the engineers◦ Found a route through Donner Pass in 1860

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Getting Started…(cont’d)Getting Started…(cont’d)

Gaining government support◦ Needed government cooperation, money,

and LAND◦ Government was on board, but occupied by

Civil War

Who will pay?◦ Big Four (Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins,

Crocker) Created and chaired Central Pacific Railroad

◦ Thomas Durant ◦ Ames Brothers

Bought most of the Union Pacific stock

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Who Made it Possible?Who Made it Possible?Key Players

◦ Theodore Judah◦ Grenville Dodge

◦ Both understood the great benefits of a transcontinental railroad

◦ Both devoted their lives to making sure the plan was carried out

Railroad experts who conducted land surveys, worked with the government, and found investors for railroad

Grenville Dodge

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What Made it Possible?What Made it Possible?Pacific Railway Act

◦ Passed July 1, 1862◦ Created Union Pacific to build road from the

East and meet the Central Pacific◦ Provided companies 5 alternating plots of

land on each side of the road for each mile along the route

◦ Allowed $16,000 for each mile of flat land, $32,000 for hills, and $48,000 for mountain terrain

◦ Revised in 1864 to allow companies more land and privileges

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The Game PlanThe Game PlanCentral Pacific Railroad

◦Begin in Sacramento, CA◦Broke ground January 1863

Union Pacific Railroad◦Begin in Omaha, NE◦Broke ground in late 1863 but no

tracks laid until 1865Route along the 42nd ParallelMeeting place: Promontory

Summit, UT

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Significance of the RailroadSignificance of the Railroad

Biggest and best engineering project of its time

Made the country smallerHelped spur interest in Homestead

ActImproved communicationThe beginning of the end for Native

AmericansLed to other transcontinental

railroads and shorter branches

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BibliographyBibliography

Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Build the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Cooper-Winter, Rebecca. Eastward to Promontory. 30 July 2007. CPRR.org. 12 Oct. 2008. http://cprr.org/Museum/Galloway_Judah_ASCE/index.html#006

“Grand TorchlightProcession and Illumination on Account of the Pacific Railroad Act.” San Francisco Bulletin. Vol. 14, Iss. 81, Pg 3. (11 July 1862)

Pictures: http://west.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/pager.php?id=53Map: http://www.tcrr.com/Transcontinental-Railroad-map-wiki.jpg

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Let’s Build a Railroad!Let’s Build a Railroad!Look at your index card

◦ Go to the starting point for your railroad◦ Find the workers whose cards have the

same color dot as yours◦ The person whose card is marked with an

“S” is the supervisor

Supervisors◦ Hand out tasks at each stop◦ Read information aloud to other workers

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Let’s Build a Railroad!Let’s Build a Railroad!Stop at each city in order

Read information provided and use it to complete the tasks for that station◦ Each task sheet will act as a railroad tie◦ When finished, fold paper in half with

colored dot on top and lay on the rails

After all ties are laid at a station, gather as a group for an “overnight camp”◦ Discuss the questions on your worksheet

for that station

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Keep in Mind…Keep in Mind…You do not need to stay at the station

to complete the tasks…use the room!

You will be graded on your answers, so take your time and do quality work

Make sure to lay ties how they are placed on actual rails (Hint: not piled on top of each other!)