https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2016-09-21 14:30:29 UTC 2024-10-16 06:50:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996127 2016-09-23 13:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996127 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996378 Under the direction of engineer Grenville Dodge, a former Union general, the Union Pacific Railroad began pushing westward from Omaha, Nebraska, in 1865]]> 2016-09-23 13:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996378 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996738 On May 10, 1869, hundreds of spectators gathered at Promontory Summit,]]> 2016-09-23 13:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125996738 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997000 Large rail companies consolidated hundreds of small, unconnected railroads to create large, integrated railroad systems]]> 2016-09-23 13:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997000 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997196 Building railroad lines often 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 railroad companies.]]> 2016-09-23 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997196 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997810 2016-09-23 13:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125997810 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125998572 2016-09-23 13:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125998572 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125998945 The land was only valuable, however, if the railroads could sell it. To convince people to move west, railroads and real estate companies offered the land at low prices and provided credit to settlers]]> 2016-09-23 13:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125998945 mthompson181 https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125999155 The great wealth many railroad entrepreneurs acquired in the late 1800s led to accusations that they had built their fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, bribing officials, and cheating on their contracts and debts. ]]> 2016-09-23 13:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson181/e3u8pxpnkiqt/wish/125999155