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Building the New United States

RAILROADS

• Railroads were going to BE the way we were going to connect the country.

• Railroads became the single Largest Business in the United States.

  
  

• Built from Sacramento, California to Omaha, Nebraska!!

  
  

• Immigrants worked on the Railroad.

  From Omaha, Nebraska to the West…… European Immigrants.

  From Sacramento, California to the East….. Chinese Immigrants.

Multiple Choice

Which WAS NOT Immigrants working on railroad

• Chinese Immigrants

• Indian Immigrants

• European Immigrants

Entrepreneur

Individuals  that organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so

Individuals figured out a way to make Big Money by using the railroads

Entrepreneurs

• Thomas Edison: The Light bulb made it possible for work to go on and on and on and on and on

• Samuel Morse: Telegraph communication was the first nationwide information transmitter (Morse Code)

• Alexander Graham Bell: He invented the telephone, which allowed for voice - to - voice communication over electric wires.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Who invented the telegraph?

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

Who invented the telephone

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

Who invented the light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

Old Immigrants vs. New Immigrants

• Old Immigrants From Northern and Western European Countries. They speak English. We are comfortable with “them” because we understand them.

• New Immigrants From Eastern and Southern European Countries. They DON’T speak English.

  We are NOT comfortable with “them” because they speak other languages and are just different

Major Labor Unions

• Knights of Labor

  Skilled (specialized skills and training like police officers, computer technicians, electricians). Unskilled workers (does not need specialized skills or training like farmers, maids, cooks, cleaners)

• American Federation of Labor

  Only Skilled Workers Encouraged workers to work with their employers for better wages. Largest labor union.

Multiple Choice

Which labor union had skilled and unskilled workers

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

Multiple Choice

Largest labor union

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

Pullman Strike:

• Strike: Work stoppages aimed at hurting to boss in the pockets because nothing is being produced

• The Pullman Palace Railcar Company went on strike because the owner cut their wages. The owner did not reduce the price of rent, though.

• No Problem, the company just hired some more workers and kept it moving because the President of the United States said this striking was wrong because it stopped the mail services. 

  
  

Multiple Choice

Why did workers go on strike

• workers didn't like job

• went up on rent

• boss cut wages