Transcontinental Railroad

The Rise Of

Industrialization

Lesson 1: US.01

In this lesson we will be looking at the building of the
Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act.

After this lesson we will be able to explain how each of these
impacted the settlement of the West.

Transcontinental Railroad

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Summary

Transcontinental Railroad

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Completed in 1969

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Connected the Eastern and Western Coasts

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It accelerated the pace of westward migration

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It stimulated economic growth and trade in the West

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It attracted investment and capital to the West

Summary

Homestead Act

●Passed in Congress in 1862

●Encouraged settlement and development in the Western territories

●Citizens or immigrants could claim up to 160 acres of land
○They had to live on it

○Improve it

○Grow crops for five years to gain full ownership of the land

●It attracted thousands of people

●It led to the development of small farms and settlements throughout the West

Lesson 2

US.02: Examine federal policies toward American
Indians, including: the movement to reservations,
assimilation, boarding schools, and the Dawes Act.