THE BUILDING OF THE RAILROADS
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• VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS BELLWORK:
• MORTALITY: THE STATE OR CONDITION OF BEING SUBJECT TO DEATH
• INDENTURED: A CONTRACT BY WHICH A PERSON, AS AN APPRENTICE, IS BOUND TO
SERVICE. IN AMERICA, THEY RECEIVED PASSAGE TO THE NEW WORLD IN
EXCHANGE FOR LABOR
• CULTIVATE: TO PREPARE AND WORK ON (LAND) IN ORDER TO RAISE CROPS
• INDISPENSABLE: ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY OR ESSENTIAL
• DOCTRINAL: RELATING TO DOCTRINE, WHICH IS A POLICY TAUGHT OR ADVOCATED
THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST RAILROADS
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• WHY ARE THE BUILDING OF THE ERIE CANAL AND
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BALTIMORE & OHIO
RELATED?
THE BUILDING OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD--ACCORDING TO CHARLIE BROWN
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POINTS OF IMPORTANCE:
•SYMBOLISM AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
•UNION PACIFIC: (THE HARE)
FROM OMAHA, NE
WEST
•CENTRAL PACIFIC (THE TORTOISE)
FROM SACRAMENTO, CA
EAST
•1800 MILES ACROSS RIVERS, DESERTS AND
MOUNTAINS
•$16,000-48,000 PER MILE OF TRACK
LAND GRANTS GIVEN TO COMPANIES
THE WORKERS
• UNION PACIFIC: USED FORMER SLAVES AND
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, IMMIGRANTS FROM
GERMANY AND IRELAND AND COWBOYS
• CENTRAL PACIFIC: RELIED HEAVILY ON CHINESE
IMMIGRANTS
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BUILD:
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ACTIVITY-• YOU WILL BE IN GROUPS TO EXAMINE 3 PRIMARY
SOURCES ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF THE
RAILROAD. YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE COMPLETION OF THE RAILROAD MEANT
TO AMERICANS AT THAT TIME.
SUMMARY:
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• LAST 5 MINUTES
OF
CHARLIE BROWN
VERSION