On this day ten years ago‚ our country completed the construction of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. As a worker for the Central Pacific Company‚ I had faced more difficult conditions than the workers of the Union Pacific Company. The transcontinental railroad has greatly benefitted our country‚ which means all our hard work has payed off. I recall being a part of the crew that was chosen to lay the final ten miles of track. It was an amazing experience and memorable day for everyone
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To What Extent did the Chinese-Americans Build the First Transcontinental Railroad? 2‚832 words Abstract This paper analyzes the extent to which the Chinese-Americans built the first transcontinental railroad. It doesn’t include the contribution of any other ethnicities apart from the Chinese-Americans since it would significantly increase the range of the topic. This paper will analyze the topic by dividing it into three sections. It will firstly
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First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built in the 1860’s. Its construction was considered to be one of the greatest American technological achievements of the 19th century. The purpose of the railroad was to connect the developing railway network of the Eastern coast with the western United States. The railway was completed in its entirety on May 10‚ 1869. The infrastructure not only gave America a nation-wide transportation network‚ but it forever changed the American West.
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Hardship‚ accomplishment‚ and death are 3 words often used to elucidate the First Transcontinental Railroad. The railroad of 1869‚ or the first Transcontinental Railroad‚ was a 6-year long project starting in Sacramento California and ending in Iowa. The railroad soon turned into a race for money between the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. While the factual account of the Transcontinental Railroad highlights engineering accomplishment‚ the personal accounts depict the hardship
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Before the advent of the transcontinental railroad‚ a journey across the continent to the western states meant a dangerous six month trek over rivers‚ deserts‚ and mountains. Alternatively‚ a traveler could hazard a six week sea voyage around Cape Horn‚ or sail to Central America and cross the Isthmus of Panama by rail‚ risking exposure to any number of deadly diseases in the crossing. Interest in building a railroad uniting the continent began soon after the advent of the locomotive. The first
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THE IRON ROAD Video Worksheet 10/24/2012 Ashley Audibert Prior to the transcontinental railroad‚ those who wanted to travel from the East to the West Coast traveled by wagon across the plains or by ship around South America. They endured the hardship of linking the East and West Coasts of the United States by rail because it was a vital link for trade‚ commerce and travel. Greenville Dodge was a military man in the Civil War. Greenville did western plains‚ surveying and was an
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The Deerslayer: View of The Native Americans James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15‚ 1789 in Burlington‚ New Jersey. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper‚ the twelfth of thirteen children (Long‚ p. 9). Cooper is known as one of the first great American novelists‚ in many ways because he was the first American writer to gain international followers of his writing. In addition‚ he was perhaps the first novelist to "demonstrate...that native materials could inspire
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during the construction of the transcontinental railroad? Chinese in the 1800’s faced many challenges in the process of building the transcontinental railroad. The Chinese faced discrimination‚ dangerous working areas‚ and long hours of work with little wage. The transcontinental railroad had a purpose for its construction. It served to transport goods and supplies to areas in which it was burdening to transport to using other kinds of transportation. Building the railroad served to also receive land
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and the Building of the Railroad Long ago‚ people needed to get across the country. They didn’t have cars and plains‚ so they used trains. Before the trains‚ they had wagon trails‚ which were slow to use. In the 1800’s‚ workers in the USA started building a train from Nebraska to the west while California built a railroad toward the east. The work building the railroad was hard. Since not enough men in the area wanted this hard construction work‚ the railroad companies hired Chinese Immigrants
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Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad led to economic growth in the United States. The Erie Canal was manmade and goes from Albany all the way to buffalo. The Railroad starts in the West and goes to the east‚ the railroad was to bring goods from the West to the East and/or from the East to the west… The Erie Canal is 4ft deep and 40ft wide‚ the Erie Canal was also manmade. The Erie Canal was a cheaper way to transport goods (such as raw meats). The Erie Canal and the Railroad were both cheap
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