Some changes were positive, others were not. The most noticeable change, however, was the impact the railroad had on social standards, because due to the completion of the railroad, people were able to communicate and travel easier, tensions between the Plains Indians
In the late 1800s, the Transcontinental Railroad was constructed and that transformed the United States in many ways. This railroad helped expand the United States out to the west that could sew the country together and be connected in some sort of way. The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the United States economically by populating new areas for agriculture and mining, taxing railway shipping, and by importing and exporting. To start off with, a reason for an economic impact is the way the railroad helped populate new land that can open for mining, agriculture, and retail. Due to being able to mine, farm, and sell more helps the country expand in valuable resources found in the country, while also being able to sell food and clothes the
In the second half of the 19th century. the United States government made efforts to limit the presence of Native Americans and their culture within the Great Plains region. This increased tension betweens Plains Indians and the settlers of the Great Plains region. The development of the transcontinental railroad and discriminatory government land policies had disastrous effects on the lives of Plains Indians. The lives of Plains Indians were affected by technology through the transcontinental railroad.
Transcontinental Railroad Tera Richardson, 4336787 History 102 B008 Sum 17 Professor Traci Sumner American Military University July 22, 2017 Abstract The transcontinental railroad was one of the biggest advocates for the industrial economy and westward expansion. The railroads could transfer goods and people across the country with ease, and quickly. While some bad came from this miraculous progression, such as the panic of 1873 and a yellow fever epidemic, the good outweighed the bad as it enabled the United States to fulfill its Manifest Destiny through westward expansion.
The greatest technology advancement of my time is the Tesla. The Tesla helps save our Earth and our money by not spending so much on gas. We are no longer spending so much money on gas and now we can save our money for things we really need. How did the transcontinental railroad economically impact the United States? The railroad economically impacted the US by decreasing the cost for transporting goods, increasing exports and imports, and expanding the US.
In the late 1800’s manifest destiny had taken over and many were moved to the west. With this movement came new inventions designed to make life easier and more productive, but it had a negative effect on the nation contrary to popular belief. The expansion of the railroads during the late 1800’s had a negative effect on many, including the natives Americans and other businesses. The Native Americans were the most affected by the expansion of the railroad. The first thing the iron roadway affected was the native American food source, the buffalo.
Business owners made lots of money from the railroads because they were able to transport goods farther and faster with ease. Although the railroads tremendously impacted businesses and therefore the economy, the native americans were negatively impacted because the railroads were being laid on “their” land. This caused distrust between the settlers and the natives because of the “disrespect” for the land. Because of the new ways of transportation, the industrial revolution took place causing skilled artisans to be replaced by unskilled workers that used large complex machines.
My artwork is of the Transcontinental railroad. In approximately the middle of the train tracks, there is a sign that says Promontory Utah. This represents the connection of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads to form the transcontinental railroad. Also on the sign, there is an arrow that points to the left with the words Sacramento, California and an arrow pointing to the right with the words Omaha, Nebraska. These arrows represent the starting point of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.
⦁ They caused an increase in jobs to occur in the booming new industries railroad businesses relied on such as oil, steel, mining, and iron. ⦁ Railroad influenced the production of new forms of transportation industries, which were all in for "big money." ⦁ They had a negative impact on the environment since the trains that railroads were built for produced air and noise pollution by expelling toxic greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and making noise with its whistles and engines. ⦁ They led to robber barons and monopolies in the U.S. financial market. ⦁ They assisted in the use of child labor and sweatshops, although, they also had labor unions targeted against them causing strikes/work stoppages.
The Transcontinental Railroad The completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad was an important event in the United States history. There were many challenges in building it, but after it was finished, it connected the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast. The railroad took three whole years to build, with the help of two railroad companies and thousands of other hired workers.
This lead to the assimilation of Native Americans which will be mentioned later on. Economic effects start with women and their effect on the Homestead
The 1800s was a time of despair and hardships for Native Americans because they were constantly having to fight for their rights. On the other hand, in this time period the U.S. government created some phenomenal inventions. In 1862, the U.S. granted permission to railroad companies allowing them to build the transcontinental railroad. The railroad linked the country together economically, for trains would carry over goods that were made in eastern factories and bring them out west. Many citizens were attracted to the railroad because of this, causing an enormous amount of settlers to wander out west onto Native American land.
The Tremendous Impact of Railroads on America In the late 19th century, railroads propelled America into an era of unprecedented growth, prosperity, and convenient transportation. Prior to the building of the railroads, America lacked the proper and rapid transportation to make traveling across the country economical or practical. Lengthy travel was often cumbersome, costly, and dangerous.
Life for the Native Americans was much harder during and after the western expansion. For example, the US took land from the Indians leading the formation of reservations, White men almost hunted the Buffalo , an important food source for the Indians, to extinction, and forced the Indians to get rid of their culture. Because of the western expansion, the area of land the Indians could occupy decreased significantly. The government would make treaties with the Indians allowing them to keep a certain area of land, but this would soon be broken ; When the Pacific Railroad Act was passed it stated that wherever a track was laid the company would own any land 200 ft surrounding the track including Indian land ; the Government would make sure that
The Impact of the Underground Railroad in American History To begin, when the topic of American history is brought up, people do not tend to bring up slavery and how it has impacted our country by once splitting it into two. Instead they bring up how our country gives independence and freedom to its citizens. This was not always the case, though in 1619 the first slaves were brought to Virginia by the Dutch to help boost production of tobacco and other important crops. These African American people were kidnapped and made to join the impoverished European people of the colony in working for wealthy colonists. The agreement when slavery first began was that if you worked for seven years you would gain freedom along with your own plot of
