I see over my own continent the Pacific railroad surmounting every barrier. I see continual trains of cars winding along the Platte, carrying freight and passengers. I hear the locomotives rushing and roaring...  Walt Whitman

    By 1860 Railroads carried about 2/3 of
    the nation's internal trade.  Today trucks
    carry about 2/3rds.

   Transcontinental railroad - Power Point
        first to link the Atlantic and Pacific coast
     1.  Union Pacific started from Omaha, Ne
     2.  Central Pacific started from Sacramento, Ca

Watch Transcontinental RR the Most Competitive 4min video:

Land Grants RR companies were allotted in alternate sections, forming a checkerboard pattern 5 miles on each side of the track-

    land grants - RR  companies could sell
        their land or use it as security for a loan.

Promontory Point - the place in Utah where the two railroad lines met.     1. May 10, 1869 -  golden spike driven-     2.  Reduced  3 month journey to 1 week.

 Transcontinental Railroad passenger train service began five days later from Omaha with the trip costing $111 plush, first class and scheduled to take 4 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes, second class was $80 with a few lesser defined amenities and the raw immigrant class of $40 with no amenities. 
Transcontinental Railroad trips were lengthened due to washouts, buffaloes, train robberies and Indians

Watch Jesse James Train Robbery 4 min video

    Innovations as a Result of the Railroad
         Air Brakes -- George Westinghouse
        
Sleeping Cars -- George Pullman

Standard Time Zones

Pacific Standard Mountain Standard Central Standard Eastern Standard     Alaskan Standard Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Saving Time Like many countries in the world, the US changes its clocks by an hour in the spring and autumn. It was originally suggested back in 1784, by Benjamin Fanklin, and was adopted by the British in 1911 (for further details, see The history of British Summer Time )

Coast to Coast communication with the
          Telegraph  -- Samuel F.B. Morse
        

Steel to replace Iron Tracks  -- Henry Bessemer
        

Railroads brought the Circus -- P.T. Barnum
 

   Cornelius Vanderbilt, RR tycoon in
                New York and Pennsylvania

    Jay Gould RR tycoon in southwest

    Define the following from p 336
    trunk lines, feeder lines, standard gauge,
dining car, sleeping car, Western Union Company

    Read The Chinese Who Built the Railroad p 331
    1.  Why did skeptics say that the Chinese
            could not build the railroad?
    2.  What did Crocker respond with?
    3.  What name was given to the Chinese workers?
    4.  How did the Chinese overcome the winters?

Photo Credits:

Pullman Sleeping Car: http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/Images

Time Zones Map: http://www.miktodd.net/encyc/dst.htm

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Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.