The Transcontinental Railroad by https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94 Made with ♥ en-us 2019-10-06 13:40:11 UTC 2024-09-08 09:46:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 3) Attracting new inhabitants LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394105606 Read the ad. Note down some (4 to 5) aspects how the Central Pacific Railroad tried to attract settlers (and thus laborers) to California.]]> 2019-10-06 13:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394105606 4) Finding labor LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394106528 Watch 33:45 - 41:19 of the documentary. Where did the majority of the workforce come from? Why? How did their lifestyle help them work harder?]]> 2019-10-06 13:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394106528 2) Problems building the railroads LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394110534 Watch the short documentary film and note down all the problems that building the railroad(s) entailed.]]> 2019-10-06 14:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394110534 1) Route of the railroads LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394114475 Look at the map. The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad started building at the same time. Why did the builders of the Central Pacific cover a lot less ground than the engineers of the Union Pacific did (even if you take Omaha east of Chicago as a starting point)?]]> 2019-10-06 14:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394114475 1) Native Americans and the railroad LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394121402 Watch 44:37 - 51:00 of the documentary. Answer the following questions:
- How did the Indians use the buffalo? (3-5 examples)
- How did the arrival of the white settlers impact Native Americans?
- What did Native Americans do to sabotage the building of the railroad? (3-5 examples)
- How did the Whites deal with the "problem" of the Natives Americans?]]> 2019-10-06 15:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394121402 6) Grand Opening Poster LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394121938 Read the poster. Note down catchphrases that are intended to attract customers for the new railway line across the nation.]]> 2019-10-06 15:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394121938 2) PBS - The Greatest Enterprise under God LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394126521 Watch the sections "Walking Gold Pieces" (45:40 to 49:10) and "A Wound in the Heart"
(1:12:03 until the end)
(You can also find the text accompanying the video under 3a and 3b)
Questions:
- How did the white settlers react when they "discovered" the buffalo? Note down different reactions.
- How long did it take to make the buffalo virtually extinct?
- How did the white settlers make profit from the buffalo?

]]> 2019-10-06 15:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394126521 3a) Text: Walking Gold Pieces LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394126928 2019-10-06 15:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394126928 5) East and West shaking hands at the laying of the last rail. Taken at the ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869. Photo by Andrew J. Russell, 1869. Source: Wikimedia Commons, via the Yale University Libraries LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394131831 2019-10-06 16:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394131831 3b) Text: A Wound in the Heart LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394133542 2019-10-06 16:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394133542 1a) PBS - Good Company LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394456969 Watch 49:19 to 54:52.
- Take note of the nationalities that settled the Plains and of the states that were populated thanks to the new railroad lines.
- What made life in the Plains hard for the settlers? How did they try to deal with the challenges?
- How did the Plains become the "breadbasket of the USA"?]]> 2019-10-07 14:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394456969 1b) Text: Good Company LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394467567 As an alternative to watching the documentary, you can read the accompanying text here:]]> 2019-10-07 14:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394467567 1) "hell on wheels" LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394479665 Google the term and explain its connection to the railroad.
(Originally, this was NOT a TV series!!!)]]> 2019-10-07 14:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394479665 2) Wild West LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394489916 Watch 1:16:10 to 1:18:30.
Cheyenne and Laramie - new towns that had sprung up thanks to the railroad - are model towns that helped coin the term "wild west". Explain why life in the west was "wild".
PS: Did you get the hint to one of the myths of the Wild West mentioned in the video sequence? If yes, write it down.]]> 2019-10-07 14:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394489916 2a) Text: High Falutin' Beef LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394501009 Read the information on the website.
How did the disappearance of the buffalo help to build a new industry in the USA?]]> 2019-10-07 15:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394501009 2b) Text: Cowboys LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394501632 Read the text.
- Describe the typcial cowboy.
- Why did the cowboy become another symbol of the Wild West? (see also next column)]]> 2019-10-07 15:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/394501632 1) By 1874 most Plains' Indians had already been forced to live on reservations. LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395411655 The Plains' Indians had lost their livelihood when the railroad came (s. above); many other tribes of the South had forcefully been relocated and gathered together in reservations as a consequence of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.]]> 2019-10-09 04:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395411655 2) The Dawes Act of 1887 sealed the fate of Native American culture. LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412135 - Get informed about the Dawes Act and note down in your own words what it said.
- Analyze the pictures (#3a+b) below and put them in relation to what you found out about the Dawes Act.

]]> 2019-10-09 04:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412135 3a) LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412859 2019-10-09 04:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412859 3b) LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412901 2019-10-09 04:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395412901 4) The NCAI is the homepage of an organization by Native Americans for Native Americans. LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395413042 - Go to the homepage and look up some of the tribes that you got to know during this session (the Kiowa, Cheyenne, Pawnee...). What information do you find about their history?
- What are the current concerns of Native Americans? Just browse the current events/news sections to find out.


]]> 2019-10-09 04:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/395413042 Immigration by nationality LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398140327 2019-10-15 19:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398140327 Immigration waves LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398141489 2019-10-15 19:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398141489 Immigration by nationality + explanation LindeH https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398142946 2019-10-15 19:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/LindeH/5qap2jdwfi94/wish/398142946