Reconstruction Day 7 Warm-Up

Caused by U.S. annexing Texas; border dispute between Texas and Mexico

• Abraham Lincoln
• Compromise of 1850
• Second Great Awakening
• U.S.-Mexican War

Encouraged people to be more religious; caused social reform leading to Reform Era

• Abraham Lincoln
• Compromise of 1850
• Second Great Awakening
• U.S.-Mexican War

North and South agreed; California became a free state but a strict fugitive slave law was passed

• Abraham Lincoln
• Compromise of 1850
• Second Great Awakening
• U.S.-Mexican War

Wanted to preserve the Union; Civil War U.S. president

• Abraham Lincoln
• Compromise of 1850
• Second Great Awakening
• U.S.-Mexican War

Part A Based on the excerpt, what was the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Congress enacted tariffs on railroad supplies shipped from Europe.
• Americans were provided with new economic opportunities for development.
• Native Americans began to mine for iron ore on tribal land to make steel.
• Unskilled workers saw a loss in wages after the completion of the railroad.

Part B Which statement best provides evidence for the answer in Part A?

• “Between 1840 and 1860, the nation saw a ten-fold increase in the amount of track laid…”
• “The majority of development was in the northern states.”
• “The first transcontinental railroad line was established in 1869…”
• “…the railways lowered the cost of transporting many kinds of goods and opened up new markets.”

What was another reason Congress passed this act in 1862?

• To promote settlement in the West
• To protect industry in the Northeast
• To protect transportation in the South
• To transport manufactured goods to the East

Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?

• Building dams in the midwestern states
• Digging canals across northern states
• Building railroads in western territories
• Constructing bridges in southern states