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American Population Shifts
http://www.learningliftoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/6-8th-Grade-Hisotry-Growing-and-Changing.swf
We will examine the interactive map to the right.
What can you observe happening?
Can you think of any reasons why this might be happening?
Salt Lake City, Utah
1860 1890
Image 1 Source: http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/utah1.jpg
Image 2 Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Salt_lake_city_main_street_c1890_ug.jpg
Westbound Family 1886
•The Homestead Act of 1862
Image Source: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/westward-family-in-covered-wagon-c-1886-daniel-hagerman.html
2nd Industrial Revolution
•Bessemer Process 1851
•Andrew Carnegie
Image Source: http://www.gkn.com/aboutus/ourheritage/Pages/From-iron-into-steel.aspx
The Golden Spike 1869
•Transportation Revolution
Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory,_Utah#mediaviewer/File:1869-Golden_Spike.jpg
Travel on the Railroad
Image 2 Source: http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2013/12/design-decoded-traveling-in-style-and-comfort-the-pullman-sleeping-car.html
Image 1 Source: http://gerald-massey.org.uk/faithfull/c_america_2.htm
Westward Travel Routes:Interactive Maps
THE PIONEER TRAILS THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Full Railroad Maps: http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Maps/
Communication Revolution
TELEGRAPHY MORSE KEY
Image 2 Source: http://www.telcomhistory.org/vm/LHTrains.shtml
Image 1 Source: http://scienceservice.si.edu/pages/128014.htm
Homework: Primary Source Analysis
Analyze these two journals. You can begin reading them in class today.
You will be provided with a DBQ, as well as print versions of the journals.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/donner-diary-patrick-breen/
http://cprr.org/Museum/Gretchen_Schafer_1871.html
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