The Americas - Historical Perspective

What is a person's point of view on an issue?

• Indifference or apathy
• Fact or evidence
• Perspective

• Bias

What is causation?

• The process of photosynthesis
• The study of celestial bodies
• The study of ancient civilizations
• The relationship between cause and effect or cause and consequence

What is chronology?

• Arrangement of events in the order of their importance
• Arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence in space
• organizing events into the order in which they happened

• Arrangement of events in the order of their alphabetical order

What are some key words to show causation?

• Key words such as 'first', 'next', 'after that'

• Key words such as 'because', 'since', 'as a result',

• Key words such as 'felt', 'believed'

Because the transcontinental railroad was built, the United States....

Groups:

(a) EFFECT

,

(b) NOT AN EFFECT

• had better relations with immigrants from China

• became more powerful

• had better relations with the Native American tribes

• became richer

• became more united from coast to coast

What was used to get through mountains during the building of the transcontinental railroad?

• explosives

• Hot air balloons
• Bridges
• Submarines

What event stalled the building of the transcontinental railroad?

• Great Depression
• Civil War
• Environmental Concerns

• Concerns over relations with Native Americans

Why was there not a meeting point decided on for the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Lack of interest in building a meeting point
• Government regulations prohibited a meeting point
• The technology did not exist to build a meeting point
• Because it was a competition between the two companies to get them to work faster

The Native Americas

Groups:

(a) DID

,

(b) DID NOT

• assist in building the railroad

• join the other immigrants in building the railroad

• moved north to avoid the conflict

• lost their way of life due to westward expansion

• fight against the railroad

The laborers on the transcontinental railroad...

Groups:

(a) DID

,

(b) DID NOT

• face dangers from using explosives to tunnel through the mountains

• honored for their work when the railroad was complete

• paid by how much work they complete

• work long hours

• receive fair pay

• faced dangerous working conditions