https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv US History en-us 2016-09-21 19:27:08 UTC 2024-05-25 00:52:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125548829 In 1865 the United States had about 35,000 miles of railroad track, almost all of it east of the Mississippi River. After the Civil War, railroad construction expanded dramatically. By 1900, the United States had more than 200,000 miles of track.]]> 2016-09-21 19:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125548829 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125548971 The railroad boom began in 1862 with the Pacific Railway Act. This act gave two corporations the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific permission to build a transcontinental railroad.]]> 2016-09-21 19:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125548971 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549136 Workers completed the transcontinental railroad in only four years, despite the physical challenges. Each mile of track required 400 rails, and each rail took 10 spikes. ]]> 2016-09-21 19:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549136 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549387 The transcontinental railroad was the first of many lines that began crisscrossing the nation after the Civil War. By linking the nation, railroads increased the markets for many products, spurring industrial growth.  They also stimulated the economy by spending a huge amount of money on steel, coal, timber, and other materials.]]> 2016-09-21 19:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549387 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549736 Building railroad lines required more money than most private investors could raise on their own. To encourage railroad construction across the Great Plains, the federal government gave land grants to many companies.]]> 2016-09-21 19:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125549736 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125550249 The land was only available if  the railroads could sell it. The building of the railroads themselves offered further encouragement, as settlers no longer had to migrate the entire distance on their own]]> 2016-09-21 19:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125550249 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125550527 Not all railroad men were robber barons. James Hill was not, he built the Great Northern Railroad from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Washington state without any federal land grants or subsides ]]> 2016-09-21 19:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125550527 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551082 The Great Northern became the most successful transcontinental railroad and one of the few railroads of the time that was not eventually forced into bankruptcy.]]> 2016-09-21 19:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551082 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551536 2016-09-21 19:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551536 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551685 2016-09-21 19:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551685 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551944 2016-09-21 19:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125551944 kstewart182 https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125552169 2016-09-21 19:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kstewart182/5ijz93ejo6nv/wish/125552169