RR document by Benjamin DeYoung https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x Us railroad en-us 2016-10-21 14:33:09 UTC 2026-01-25 21:52:59 UTC hello@padlet.com #1 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132358897 Two reasons people traveled on the railroad was because it was safe and it took no more than 4 days.

]]> 2016-10-21 14:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132358897 #2 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359056 Men were killing Buffalo because they were in the way of the train. Their purpose of hunting was just to get rid of them when the native Americans used every part of the buffalo for their survival needs.


]]> 2016-10-21 14:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359056 #3 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359477 The completion of the first transcontinental railroad benefited the economic growth in the US by since it was so big it made it easy to travel across the country.

]]> 2016-10-21 14:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359477 #4 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359706 This shows that the railroad increased population in all the major cities in the west]]> 2016-10-21 14:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132359706 #5 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132360356 Two ways the railroad influenced economic growth in the US according to the passage is because it carried heavy materials across the country and it also helped the eastern countries and the western countries trade with each other.

]]> 2016-10-21 14:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132360356 #6 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132360773 One advantage of using railroads compared to other methods was that Railroads went 10x faster than the traditional speed of wagons.

]]> 2016-10-21 14:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132360773 #7 bdeyoung1 https://padlet.com/bdeyoung1/dzvynwr8yl7x/wish/132361154 One impact on the US was that there was a new way to tell time.


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