...In the 1800 there were tons of railroads but none of them connected the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean. Tons of people tried to connected the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean but there plans never came threw. In 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed the pacific railroad act. That's when they started building the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad would connect the two oceans. With the help from the central pacific railroad company and the union pacific railroad company they started the build for the railroad. Leland Stanford got a lot of credit for starting the build for the Transcontinental railroad. He was the president of the central pacific railroad company. His company would work west from Omaha Nebraska. The union pacific railroad company would work east from sacramento,california. The two companies worked at different side of the country and met together in the middle of the country to build the transcontinental railroad faster....
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...Railroad Innovations John Stevens was born in New York City, on June 26, 1749. He came from a wealthy family with political connections. He graduated from King’s College in New York City graduation in 1768. But after, he served in the Revolutionary War, later his focus shifted towards inventing transportation John Stevens was an inventor in the late 1700s, early 1800s, who invented many different ways of transportation. He is responsible for the invention of laying the idea of the railroad system down, and also the first steam powered ferry. Stevens got many of his ideas from pioneers James Rumsey and John Fitch, although his designs were very different. Stevens first railroad, which was set in what is now New Jersey, was very impressive, lying almost from coast to coast. He was known was the first successful conductor of the railroad system in the United States....
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..."I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger." - Harriet Tubman, one of many who focused their lives to helping slaves find freedom. If you were a slave looking for freedom in the 1800's, the Underground Railroad would have been your best choice. You will be informed on how the railroad started even before the 1800's and how the railroad was successful. You will also be informed about some important figures in the history of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was not legitimately a railroad nor was it underground. It was called the Underground Railroad to avoid suspicion of the route to freedom....
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...Have you ever wondered about the past of Lewis and Clark from long ago? Have you ever wondered why Native Americans moved into the West in the first place? Well instead of asking so many questions about it. why not read about the Westward Expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Thomas Jefferson, and the Continental Railroad . Lewis And Clark Expedition The rocky mountains made it harder on them Because they did not have rock climbing gear . which made it dangerous they had to pass the grate fall. The new president ordered Lewis to go on the expedition. (a journey taken for a reason like explore . ) because, of the Louisiana purchase Lewis and Clark had to explore . Who was 28 at the time he brought clark on the expedition...
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...Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States Chief Justice Robert's Opinion Goal: Determine what happens to a railroad's right of way when the railroad abandons it: does it go to the government, or to the land owner who acquired the land underlying the right of way? Why: In order to determine if the property of Marvin Brandt is unburdened and free for his use in result of the railroad's abandonment of the railway, we must examine the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875. Issue: What happens to a railroad's right of way granted under a particular state when the railroad abandons it: does it go to the government, or to the private party who acquired the land underlying the right of way? Legal Rule: The legal rule in question here is the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875. According to Roberts, the United States lost its case mainly because it had successfully argued in Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States that 1875 Act rights of way were easements. In that case Great...
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...and industrialist. Pullman would invent the first ever Pullman sleeping car, a railroad designed for overnight travel. Shortly after its beginning, Pullman's railroad would go international soon and would become the number one railroad not only in the country. On June 20, 1893, the Pullman railroad workers would start the American Railroad Union. The purpose of this was for the workers to be united in a single organization. The Union was founded so that if things were to ever go bad, the workers could stand up against the upper management. There were hopes that there would never be any complications, but in September of 1893 George Pullman and the Pullman industries began to reduce the wages by 25% while not lowering the cost of rent in company homes....
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...I learned that Tallahassee (where I live), we have an art park called Railroad Square Art Park. They host more than “50 studios, galleries, and small shops” (http://railroadsquare.us/). They support many Tallahassee artists as well as small businesses. Most of the month Railroad Square has its own pace and then on the First Friday of every month, puts on an exciting “Gallery Hop”. Railroad Square has 10 acres in downtown Tallahassee, which has been there for about 30 years. Railroad Square continues to bring artists and art-lovers together. I have been unable to find out who supports the Art Park, as well as who contributes. I personally do not contribute to the Art Park seeing as how I was unaware that we even had one. Now that I know I would like to go to the Railroad Square and see the many things that it has to offer. Including the “Gallery Hop “which is supposed to be fun and enjoyable by many different ages as well as cultures. I did however learn that they have some type of Buddhism art styles here and after taking this class am interested in learning more about different kinds of art. Hence the reason that I am intrigued enough to go and visit the Railroad Square Art Park. If it wasn’t for this class I would still think art were just a waste of time and space. Thank you for opening my eyes to the unique forms and artists. you should definitely get up with the art that’s ongoing at Railroad Square. You can also check out Art Park, once you figure out what or where...
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...death changed the course of the country trying to rebuild after the Civil War. President Andrew Johnson was not popular and could not convince Congress especially the southerners to go along with him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned, with a few exceptions, any southerner who would swear allegiance to the Union and the United States Constitution. His plan was to let the Confederate states back into the Legislature, but it was not working too well. We will never know how that went because he was assassinated. His idea always was to try to “mend fences” and forgive. The entire civil rights movement was set back because of the death of Lincoln. The Railroad The two railroads, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in Utah in May of 1869. It was merely ceremonial, but the real occasion was that it meant the railroads now would run from coast to coast. The availability of the railroad changed the face of the west and the whole of the United States. Remote places now could ship farm products and receive goods from markets elsewhere. Cattle could be shipped instead of driven and people could more easily get from place to place. Heavy shipments such as steel could be taken anywhere the trains would go. This was a boon to the Industrial revolution by being able to transport things mere horses could not. Describe at least two (2) ways the Reconstruction period may have been different...
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...Without railroads the early Nevadans would have been hard-pressed to be successful in settling the state for the long term. It is true that railroad connections made it easier to transport ore from the mines to the point of sale, but the railroads were also vital in the upstart of other industries in the fledgling state. The railroad was an industry of its own and many others popped up around it, such as merchants who would sell food and other supplies to those who passed through. This in turn inspired the development agricultural land in Nevada to produce food for these merchants. The railroads allowed ranches to flourish because they provided a quick and cost-effective way of moving cattle to auction and processing plants which were mainly in...
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...The B&O Railroad By: Jaime Lewis For: Professor Knutson November 26, 2013 CON 101 Abstract The construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started in July of 1828. The city of Baltimore came up with the idea to build this railroad from Baltimore to Ohio because of the competition throughout the popular seaports in the United States. Baltimore was already a popular city, but adding a train that could carry people as well as goods would make more people travel to Baltimore, and other places along the train’s route, bring goods into Baltimore, and help keep Baltimore alive. The B&O railroad was always expanding. The railroad is best known for being the first railroad in the United States that used a steam locomotive. B&O Railroad Why was there a need for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad? The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was built due to competition throughout the main seaports in the United States. Due to the fact that Baltimore is at the top of the Chesapeake Bay, it had many advantages over other ports. Another way for goods to be transported from Baltimore all they way to Ohio was a great idea for Baltimore, therefore causing the plan for the B&O Railroad. During this time Baltimore was flooding with business. They constantly had ships coming into the harbor as well as trucks riding the highways. Baltimore was (and still is) such a popular and thriving city, so the railroad made sense to help keep business, and the city, alive. Baltimore had to...
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...together. Born in New Jersey and, thus, free, Still also became an author, a businessman and the chairman of a vigilance committee put together by a society of abolitionists in Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society), when he relocated there. This committee was responsible for locating and then offering assistance to slaves who made it that far along the railroad. Still’s own office was a station and, several times, Harriet Tubman actually took refuge there. The previously mentioned records that William Still kept were hidden well, as the release of that information to the wrong people would have been devastating. These notes included information about where the slave intended to go, different names the slave may have assumed and any pertinent biographical data that might help locate lost family members. Still wrote a book using these notes, titled “Underground Railroad.” Before Still’s book, there was no thorough written history regarding the Railroad. “He alone, of all the thousands who aided the fugitives, succeeded in preserving anything like a full account of the workings of the ‘Underground Railroad’…” Through all of his machinations, hundreds of slaves were delivered to the Promised...
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...Government sponsored expedited completion of the transcontinental railroad provided people the ability to travel faster and more safely. We saw that our leadership in general was subject to corruption and also, our leaders had to take note of the plight of the working man and make laws to improve their conditions. The efficiencies in the production of goods and the availability to provide those goods to the majority of the population led to changes in what kinds of work were available and who earned money. The opening of the West, via the transcontinental railroad, provided a much needed opportunity to the bulging population of the East, as well as a needed place for newly freed slaves to start new lives. The railroads did more than provide the opportunity for the population to expand. There was also a great opportunity to have goods be provided for a large market than the traditional local store. Due to the timeliness of the railroads as opposed to traveling via horse or wagon, manufactures could get their products to the masses, in mass. The packaging of those products also extended their shelf life, allowing them to make the journey on the rails. Improvements to the country’s transportation infrastructure, via the railroad, resulted in the populace travelling far to ‘colonize’ the once difficult to reach locations of the country. This railroad, dubbed the Transcontinental Railroad, was a project that many people, including the politicians and...
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...American Experience, "Transcontinental Railroad" is about the Transcontinental Railroad that was known as the engineering marvel in the 19th Century. This railroad opened up new economies in the West of America. Many conflicts occurred with the labor force, between Theodore Judah and Charles Crocker before the railroad was even built. The Transcontinental railroad caused many problems from it being built and people trying to help for their own purposes. In the end it changed the lives of the Chinese, Mormons, Plain American Indian Tribes and American forever. In the beginning Judah came up with a plan on how to build the railroad but Crocker took that over once he realized the contracts that Abraham Lincoln gave them to build from the East...
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...Have you ever thought of the Underground Railroad being a success or even a failure? The success of the Underground Railroad generated a lot of animosity within the slaveholders and their allies.Some of the states that took play into this were Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and many more. The fugitive slave act was later discovered to allow slave owners or their agents to call on federal and local law enforcement officials in non slaveholding states to assist capturing the slaves.The Underground Railroad was very successful because there were as many as a hundred thousand people who escaped. The Underground Railroad was established to be a network of meeting places to find a way for the slaves to escape. Many of them escaped...
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...American women known to this day is Harriet Tubman. Everyone knows her by Harriet Tubman, but what society does not know her by, is Araminta Harriet Ross. She decided to change her name to Harriet in her teens because it was her mother’s first name. She did not have any choice but was to be born into slavery. Ever since she was a baby, that was all she known. She was born in the 1820’s in Dorchester County, Maryland on a plantation. Died on March 10th, 1913 in Auburn, New York. Harriet is known to be an African American abolitionist, humanitarian and was a Union spy during the American Civil War. Tubman had made a choice and escaped from slavery. She made thirteen missions to rescue more than seventy slaves all around. The Underground Railroad was a way she used antislavery activists and safe houses. Later in her days, she helped a man named, John Brown who recruited men for his raid on Harpers Ferry. There soon was a post-war era that struggled for women’s suffrage. Harriet Tubman was a very strong, independent woman and never gave up to help other African Americans from becoming marketed in the slave trade. Harriet’s mother had been selected to be apart of the big house where they sold off slaves to people. Tubman acted like a big sister and took care of her younger brother and a baby in the house. When Harriet Tubman was about five or six years of age, Brodess hired her out to Miss Susan whom had a baby she wanted Harriet to watch and be her nursemaid. Miss Susan...
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