The Transcontinental Railroad by Sydney Keller https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb Made with mehhhh vibes en-us 2017-11-29 13:43:48 UTC 2023-07-22 04:33:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 3 Questions I have skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211438079 - How was the middle of the country affected? Did many leave for the east or west?
- Did the Chinese and Irish who worked on the railroad settle along its trail?
- Who went west and why?
- Who went east and why?]]> 2017-11-29 15:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211438079 3 Assumptions I have skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211440317 - A lot of easterners went west for the California gold rush
- A lot of slaves went north to escape slavery in the south
- The middle of the country was kindof a dead zone - people went from one side to the other, skipping over the middle]]> 2017-11-29 15:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211440317 Thesis Question skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211585794 How did the transcontinental railroad affect the ethnogeography of the U.S. and people's lives?
The Central and Pacific Railroad companies exploited minorities such as the Chinese, Irish, and Native Americans to do all their work, and in doing so pitted them against each other.
]]> 2017-11-29 19:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211585794 1850's (Pre-railroad) skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211669469 Manifest Destiny and hopes of economic prosperity from the gold and silver rush brought many to the west.]]> 2017-11-30 00:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211669469 Who Was In Charge? skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211674242 Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies were in charge of building the railroad funded by congress]]> 2017-11-30 00:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211674242 Native Americans skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677146 2017-11-30 00:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677146 General Background and Other Such Stuff skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677343 Sources used thus far: The Transcontinental Railroad by Gillian Houghton]]> 2017-11-30 00:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677343 The Effect on The Ethnogeography skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677460 I REALLY need primary sources]]> 2017-11-30 00:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211677460 It Was The First: skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211678555 - Cost to cost transportation - used to take 6 months not 2 weeks
- Easy way to disperse ideas, magazines, cultural events, etc.
- The fastest way to share telegraph wires (made by the track as the rails were laid down)]]> 2017-11-30 01:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211678555 Quote about the railroad skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211679280 "The story of the transcontinental railroad is a tale of pride, greed, discrimination, and violence. The surveyors, engineers, and businessmen who led the railroad took advantage of immigrant laborers...They nearly destroyed the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian tribes..."]]> 2017-11-30 01:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211679280 Manifest Destiny early 1860's skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211683317 The idea of manifest destiny prompted many to move west (Homestead act 1862) although the US had had the land for 2 years before the "rush" of people]]> 2017-11-30 01:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211683317 Railroad building January 8, 1863 - May 10, 1869 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211683741 2017-11-30 01:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211683741 Economic Prosperity late 1840's skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211688513 California gold rush 1848 - by 1860 more than 300,000 men came (before the railrode]]> 2017-11-30 02:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211688513 Why Make the Railroad skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211694207 - Best way to exploit the natural resources of the West and bring them back to the East sand protect the new settlements of the frontier]]> 2017-11-30 03:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211694207 Chinese Workers skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211697696 2017-11-30 03:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211697696 Irish Workers skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211701089 2017-11-30 04:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/211701089 Before skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113645 A lot of the immigrants came from counties impoverished and full of civil unrest
Hong Kong was a point of departure to California 
A lot of the workers were desperate for work to support their families
All took boat that took around 6 months
The Chinese weren't really accepted into society]]> 2017-11-30 23:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113645 During the Railroad skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113706 Helped in making up the sacramento to Utah (western) portion
Railroad company found reliable work from the Chinese after the Irish left for gold because the Chinese had already tried to find fortune in the goldrush and weren't socially accepted, whereas the Irish were more
There were already a high population of chinese in California before
Chinese workers got paid less than european workers
An estimated 15,000 chinese workers were hired over the years
Over 100 chinese died because of the dangerous
There weren't any documents until later railroads because most workers were illiterate
Chinese workers didn't eat american food and insisted on eating chinese food - They were not as worried about assimilating
About 1/5 of the Chinese population in CA was employed at one point by Central Pacific Union]]> 2017-11-30 23:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113706 After skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113764 Helping build the railroad in no way seemed to help the chinese gain respect or equality
Some workers went back to China (Eng Mun Dom - went back rich 10,000)
Others went to work in agriculture, mining, went to Chinatowns in Sacramento San Francisco, and "the small towns in the Sierras to enter domestic service or work in manufacturing to produce cigars and other items."
Some continued to work for the Central Pacific Railroad company
"The Daily Alta California writes multiple articles on plans to import Chinese workers to the South in an attempt to fill the labor gap left by freed African-Americans, a plan that apparently brings much excitement."
A Chinese miner in Idaho challenges state legislation requiring a head tax of $4 on all Chinese living in mining areas in the case Ah Bow v. Britten Many Chinese refused to pay the head tax, as the Chinese, in the words of the Idaho Statesman, had been “a rich and defenceless bird to pluck at our convenience.”
1869 "In response to a speech given by Senator Hendricks, the Daily Alta chimes into the debate over Chinese immigration in California and denounces fears of a so-called invasion"
1870 The Houston and Texas Central Railroad fired most Chinese workers due to hostility from fellow Irish workers and financial constraints
1870's Many chinese are beinghiredfor railroad work
Journalist Nordhoff describes Chinese “have a greater variety … than their white neighbors” and “live … far better.” This means they still aren't too worried about assimilating their food and want to remember their culture
1879 A bill restricting Chinese immigration is passed by the senate
1882 The chinese exclusion act is passed
1884 "The El Paso Daily Times reports that an Irish railroad worker, Paddy O’Rourke, killed a Chinese man. Judge Roy Bean ruled that “he’d be d—d if he could find any law against killing a Chinaman” (because the law in Texas came down on killing human beings, which according to Bean included whites, African-Americans, and Mexicans only) and dismissed the case"]]> 2017-11-30 23:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212113764 During the Railroad skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212114022 Forced relocation of Native Americans from their lands - widespread destruction of Native American cultures
Military was brought in to fight Native American tribes
The railroad went through natives hunting land, causing a huge disappearance of the American Bison, one of the things the natives counted on the most for food and clothing
Native Americans found their lands invaded by whites (homestead act) who settled in the now safe bison free lands
Native Americans fought against the people invading their homeland by both destroying the tracks and attacking workers
The tribes failed to protect their land, were forced onto reservations, and the transcontinental railroad, along with houses were build
November 1864 Sand Creek Massacre-Colorado in which U.S. Army forces raided and killed 150 Cheyenne Indian villagers
The U.S. gov. actually got help from a tribe named the Pawnees who protected workers against other tribes in exchange they got free travel on the train]]> 2017-11-30 23:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212114022 After skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212114101 Many ended up dead or in reservations, away from their homeland
The lowest recorded value of 228,000 was in 1890 
The assimilation of Indians led to a "decline of self-identifying Natives, who feared persecution if they identified as anything other than white."]]> 2017-11-30 23:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212114101 African American Slaves skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212136637 2017-12-01 03:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212136637 Quote Irish and Chinere skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212287317 1867 "I inquired from one to another and some said they were going to clean out the chinese laborers, and some said they did not know: twenty minutes after I went along and saw two Chinamen running from two small boys who had each of then a big club..."]]> 2017-12-01 14:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212287317 Native American skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212662932 2017-12-03 22:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212662932 Durring skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212664609 This labor was "fit to break a man's back...Many of the men were Irish immigrants who had just arrived in America -Stephen E. Ambrose
Most Irish Civil War veterans worked for the Union Pacific railroad
Irish workers would quit after building up savings to attempt to find fortunes in the gold fields
The Chinese were brought in to work for railroad companies to show the Irish was expendible
The Chinese got payed $27 while the Irish got $35 a month (socially higher)
They were attacked by Native Americans


]]> 2017-12-03 22:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212664609 Union Pacific vs. Central Pacific Workforce skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212665570 Union Pacific was more diverse comprised of Irish Civil War veterans, newly freed slaves looking for paying jobs in the more progressive, West Mormons were a big portion because of a collective desire to see the railroad incorporate Utah into the rest of the nation
The Central Pacific workforce was 80% chinese, with some other workers including Irish]]> 2017-12-03 22:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212665570 Durring skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212666143 Slavery ended 1865
Newly freed slaves looking for paying jobs in the more progressive West joined the central pacific workforce]]> 2017-12-03 22:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212666143 After skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212666352 Many african americans ended up along the ends of the transcontinental railroad to get out of the slave holding south]]> 2017-12-03 22:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212666352 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212684813 2017-12-04 01:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212684813 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212690359 2017-12-04 02:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212690359 Before skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212859243 The Native Americans had already signed away most of their lands to the federal government through treaties ]]> 2017-12-04 14:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/212859243 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213110702 2017-12-04 23:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213110702 Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213113327 2017-12-04 23:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213113327 Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118243 2017-12-05 00:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118243 Irish skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118264 2017-12-05 00:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118264 Native Americans skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118350 2017-12-05 00:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213118350 Pawnees skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213124501 2017-12-05 01:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213124501 Native American skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213138803 2017-12-05 03:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213138803 Quote skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213546381 "Italians, Irish, other Central Europeans who were not considered “white” on the East Coast. In order to assert their own whiteness in this new land, they defined themselves in opposition to the Chinese, who had also come to mine for gold."]]> 2017-12-06 00:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213546381 Quote Irish and Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213551189 “As Asians come to the U.S., it does seem as though white capitalists are taking advantage of Chinese labor, exploiting the Chinese in ways that they would not exploit white people.”
During this time, it’s not uncommon for white mobs to attack and kill Chinese people on the street..." - Park, professor of Asian American Studies at University of California-Santa Barbara ]]> 2017-12-06 01:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213551189 The Last Spike skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213559855 2017-12-06 02:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213559855 Native American & Chinese or Irish skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213560630 2017-12-06 02:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213560630 Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213561237 2017-12-06 02:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213561237 Quote Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213695525 " [The] crews worked round the clock ... Then, at one in the morning on May 3, 1867...The Sierras [were] bested...the longest tunnel anyone had cut through natural granite...had been bored by a small army of Chinese thousands of miles from their ancestral home... the great race across the continent was on. ... " -Lewis Metzler Clement one of the head engineer ]]> 2017-12-06 14:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213695525 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213713310 2017-12-06 14:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213713310 Quote for Reservations skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213941352 "Tul-lux Hol-li-quill...says that he is a full blood Wasco Indian..on Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in Oregon. ...Huntington...had a paper which he wanted me to sign...He stated that the said paper would protect us when leaving the agency, when fishing, hunting, or gathering berries...A year later when we learned, through newspapers published in Portland, Oregon, that Huntington had deceived us and induced us to sign away our fishing rights."]]> 2017-12-06 23:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213941352 Irish & Chinese skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213946300 2017-12-06 23:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213946300 Before skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213948122 Of the five million immigrants that came to the United States from 1815 to 1860, about 40 percent were Irish

]]> 2017-12-06 23:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213948122 Quote skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213959560 Within a 31 mile stretch on the Union Pacific track "no less than nintey-three graves; ternty-seven of which contained the bodies of settlers killed within the last six weeks. Dead bodies have been seen floating down the Platte [River]." -Jounalist Henry Morton Stanly]]> 2017-12-07 01:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213959560 skeller20201_1 https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213971275 2017-12-07 03:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/skeller20201_1/tvu29n874iyb/wish/213971275