Chapter 18- A Nation on the Move Flashcards
Companies that were commissioned to build the transcontinental railroad
- Union Pacific
2. Central Pacific
Americas most important transportation
Railroads
May 10 1869
The first transcontinental railroad
Promontory Point
Where the first transcontinental railroad was completed
Ways land grants were beneficial to federal government
- Increased value of land
2. Carried personnel, freight, & mail at reduced rates
Great northern
Transcontinental railroad built without federal funds
Hill
Promoter of great northern
1880’s
Greatest decade of railroad growth
Pullman
Sleeping car
Westinghouse
Air breaks
How did railroad inventions improve railroads?
- Made them safer
2. Made them more convenient
Last frontier
Last section of the country to be settled
Colorado
Where gold was discovered in 1858
Last frontier
Last section of country to be settled
Meatpacking
Industry developed in Kansas City & Chicago
Chrisholm trail
Favorite route for cattle drivers
“Cow towns”
Towns where herds met railroad lines
2 factors that encouraged western settlement
- Homestead act
2. Extension of railroad
Stable food for prairie farmers
Corn
Windmills
Device that helped obtain water
Great Plains
“Nations breadbasket”
Pillsbury
Largest flour mill in the world
1890
Frontier line was no longer discernible
Little big horn
Most famous battle of Sioux war
