History evident by the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. However‚ it was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which profoundly changed the United States. The discovery of gold‚ the acquisition of Mexican territories and the continued settlement of the West increased the need for a primary railway system connecting the East and the West Coasts. The Transcontinental Continental Railroad aided the settling of the west and closed the last of the remaining frontier‚ bringing newfound economic
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Thesis: The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. ’Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations‚ short distances between cities‚ and large financial
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2011 Transcontinental Railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was a significant event in American History. This railroad was the work of two railroad companies‚ the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific‚ which built their lines as fast as they could until they met in Utah in 1869. Once this complex building project was completed‚ the United States was now connected from coast to coast by railroad tracks and led to an era of westward expansion. What
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The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. ’Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations‚ short distances between cities‚ and large financial resources. In
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INTRODUCTION TO PYRAMIDS Kings of the Dead | Tombs Fit for Kings | Who Built the Pyramids? During Egypt’s Old Kingdom (time line)‚ the pharaohs established a stable central government in the fertile Nile Valley. Perhaps the greatest testaments to their power were the pyramids and other tombs built to shelter them in the afterlife. Kings of the Dead Ancient Egyptians believed that when the pharaoh died‚ he became Osiris‚ king of the dead. The new pharaoh became Horus‚ god of the heavens and protector
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The Railroad Boom The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US. “Railroads were the first big business‚ the first magnet for the great financial markets‚ and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic
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Katie Robins Professor Maddock History 313 30 June‚ 2013 Farms to Cities For most American’s‚ lifestyles changed dramatically for those who were used to living on the farm. Farmland started changing to the urbanization of the cities from the late 1860’s to the 1920’s. Due to the mass increase of immigration‚ both the “Old Immigration” and the “New Immigration” gained new opportunities due to the Second Industrial Revolution. This included the introduction new technology and innovations
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Those colonies transformed from a united country into something more‚ a transcontinental nation‚ with the help of many events.Though deaths and sacrifices were made in the process‚ it helped shape the transcontinental nation. The thirteen colonies went from a new independent country to a transcontinental nation because of the economic improvements‚ the War of 1812‚ and the westward expansion. Economic improvements helped the transformation into a transcontinental nation in a big way. The ways were the use of the National Bank and the American System
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Varain Period 6 The First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The road established
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The creation of the first transcontinental railroad was a historical moment that would allow for expansion across from coast to coast. In 1870‚ the first tracks of a dream were being nailed into the future. In just a week‚ people could travel west in search of land to settle on. The railroads allowed for faster transportation‚ and economic development‚ portraying the West as a “land of limitless opportunity.” The railroad impacted westward expansion by allowing people and cargo to be transported
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