Chapter 9 Notes #2
U.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 9 INDUSTRIALIZATION
Board Questions 1) WHY WAS THE PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT IMPORTANT? 2) WHY WERE RAILROADS IMPORTANT? 3) IN 1865 HOW MANY MILES OF RAILROAD TRACK WERE IN THE U.S.? 4) IN 1900 HOW MANY MILES OF RAILROAD TRACK WERE IN THE U.S.? 5) WHY WERE TIME ZONES NEEDED?
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) WHAT TWO RAILROAD COMPANIES BUILT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? 2) WHAT IS A MONOPOLY? 3) WHAT TWO IMMIGRANT GROUPS BUILT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? 4) WHO ADOPTED THE TIME ZONE IDEA IN 1918?
THE RAILROADS • RAILROADS BECOME A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR GOODS AND PEOPLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY RAPIDLY.
• THE BAD PART OF RAILROADS IS THEY TAKE UP LAND AND THE TRACKS NEED TO GO AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
RAILROAD COMPANIES • CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS WAS A VERY TOUGH JOB.
• MOST OF THE WORKS SLEPT OUTSIDE. • VERY HAZARDOUS WORK. • MANY WERE IRISH IMMIGRANTS TRYING TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY LAND.
RAILROAD • IN 1865 HAD 35,000 MILES OF
RAILROAD TRACK MOST OF IT WAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
• BY 1900 THE U.S. HAD OVER 200,000 MILES OF TRACK.
• BY 1900 RAILROAD TRACK CROSSED
THE U.S. FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC.
RAILROAD • PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT - 1862
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THIS ACT MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO BUILT A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.
• TWO COMPANIES SET OUT TO BUILD
THIS TRACK THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
RAILROAD • TO ENCOURAGE RAPID
CONSTRUCTION, THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED EACH COMPANY LAND ALONG ITS RIGHT OF WAY.
• THIS CAUSE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES EACH WANTING TO ACQUIRE AS MUCH LAND AND MONEY AS POSSIBLE.
THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
• CENTRAL PACIFIC AND THE BIG FOUR
WAS A CALIFORNIA BASED RAILROAD THAT THEODORE JUDAH STARTED AND SOLD STOCK TO FOUR SACRAMENTO MERCHANTS WHO BECAME KNOWN AS THE BIG FOUR.
• THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY ALL MAKE HUGE PROFIT OFF THERE INVESTMENTS.
THE RAILROAD • EVENTUALLY THE RAILROAD WOULD CONNECT THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST BECOMING A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.
• THIS RAILROAD ALLOWED GOODS
AND PEOPLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY QUICKLY AND EASILY COMPARED TO HORSE AND BUGGY.
TIME ZONES • BECAUSE RAILROADS CROSSED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IT CAUSED A PROBLEM IN THE WAY PEOPLE KEPT TIME.
• COMMUNITIES SET THEIR CLOCKS BY
THE POSITION OF THE SUN AT HIGH NOON. WELL OF COURSE THE SUN IS GOING TO BE AT THE HIGH NOON POSITION AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
TIME ZONES • BECAUSE SCHEDULES AT DIFFERENT
STATIONS IN CITIES WOULD VARY DO TO THE POSITION OF THE SUN THIS MADE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND SOME TIMES DANGEROUS BECAUSE TO TRAINS COULD BE ON THE SAME TRACK AT THE SAME TIME. (CRASH)
TIME ZONES • SO TO MAKE RAIL SERVICE SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE IN 1883 THE AMERICAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION DIVIDED THE COUNTRY IN TO FOUR TIME ZONES.
• IN 1918 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RATIFIED THIS CHANGE.
Board Questions 1) WHY WAS THE PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT IMPORTANT? 2) WHY WERE RAILROADS IMPORTANT? 3) IN 1865 HOW MANY MILES OF RAILROAD TRACK WERE IN THE U.S.? 4) IN 1900 HOW MANY MILES OF RAILROAD TRACK WERE IN THE U.S.? 5) WHY WERE TIME ZONES NEEDED?
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) WHAT TWO RAILROAD COMPANIES BUILT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? 2) WHAT IS A MONOPOLY? 3) WHAT TWO IMMIGRANT GROUPS BUILT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? 4) WHO ADOPTED THE TIME ZONE IDEA IN 1918?
THE RAILROADS • RAILROADS BECOME A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR GOODS AND PEOPLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY RAPIDLY.
• THE BAD PART OF RAILROADS IS THEY TAKE UP LAND AND THE TRACKS NEED TO GO AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
RAILROAD COMPANIES • CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS WAS A VERY TOUGH JOB.
• MOST OF THE WORKS SLEPT OUTSIDE. • VERY HAZARDOUS WORK. • MANY WERE IRISH IMMIGRANTS TRYING TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY LAND.
RAILROAD • IN 1865 HAD 35,000 MILES OF
RAILROAD TRACK MOST OF IT WAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
• BY 1900 THE U.S. HAD OVER 200,000 MILES OF TRACK.
• BY 1900 RAILROAD TRACK CROSSED
THE U.S. FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC.
RAILROAD • PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT - 1862
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THIS ACT MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO BUILT A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.
• TWO COMPANIES SET OUT TO BUILD
THIS TRACK THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
RAILROAD • TO ENCOURAGE RAPID
CONSTRUCTION, THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED EACH COMPANY LAND ALONG ITS RIGHT OF WAY.
• THIS CAUSE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES EACH WANTING TO ACQUIRE AS MUCH LAND AND MONEY AS POSSIBLE.
THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
• CENTRAL PACIFIC AND THE BIG FOUR
WAS A CALIFORNIA BASED RAILROAD THAT THEODORE JUDAH STARTED AND SOLD STOCK TO FOUR SACRAMENTO MERCHANTS WHO BECAME KNOWN AS THE BIG FOUR.
• THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY ALL MAKE HUGE PROFIT OFF THERE INVESTMENTS.
THE RAILROAD • EVENTUALLY THE RAILROAD WOULD CONNECT THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST BECOMING A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.
• THIS RAILROAD ALLOWED GOODS
AND PEOPLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY QUICKLY AND EASILY COMPARED TO HORSE AND BUGGY.
TIME ZONES • BECAUSE RAILROADS CROSSED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IT CAUSED A PROBLEM IN THE WAY PEOPLE KEPT TIME.
• COMMUNITIES SET THEIR CLOCKS BY
THE POSITION OF THE SUN AT HIGH NOON. WELL OF COURSE THE SUN IS GOING TO BE AT THE HIGH NOON POSITION AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
TIME ZONES • BECAUSE SCHEDULES AT DIFFERENT
STATIONS IN CITIES WOULD VARY DO TO THE POSITION OF THE SUN THIS MADE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND SOME TIMES DANGEROUS BECAUSE TO TRAINS COULD BE ON THE SAME TRACK AT THE SAME TIME. (CRASH)
TIME ZONES • SO TO MAKE RAIL SERVICE SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE IN 1883 THE AMERICAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION DIVIDED THE COUNTRY IN TO FOUR TIME ZONES.
• IN 1918 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RATIFIED THIS CHANGE.
