
Transcontinental Railroad
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8th Grade
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Paul Taeuber
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1.
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Symbolic joining of East and West
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Fulfillment of Manifest Destiny and a continental nation stretching from sea to shining sea.
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Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Built out of the Midwest and from the West Coast to unite the nation following the Civil War.
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Impact on settlement of the West
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Allowed various groups to help settle the west, transforming the region and its inhabitants.
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Role of immigrants and freedmen
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Irish, German immigrants, and freedmen built through Indian Territory; Chinese cut through Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Opportunities created by the Railroad
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Brought people west for farming or mining, creating major towns that became modern cities.
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Impact on Native Americans
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Laying iron through their territory and destruction of buffalo changed their way of life.
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Transformation of the country
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Created travel opportunities, revolutionized cross-country travel time, and facilitated movement of goods and services.
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