Do Now: What did Andrew Carnegie

sell? What industry was he in? (Look in 14.3 if you forgot!)

Objectives: Students will be able to..(1) explain the impact of the railroad (2) connect information from

previous days

Homework: 14.3 Due Tomorrow

Andrew Carnegie

Born in Scotland

Grew up in railroad industry

Eventually invested in steel

Traveled to Europe where he found the Bessemer Process – Cheap way of producing steel

Men Who Built America Clip

Do Now: Read “An American Story” at the beginning of 14.2 and

summarize Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) explain the

impact of the Railroad (2) write from a chose perspective

Homework:

14.3 and 14.4 DUE TUESDAY

Quiz Chapter 14 Wednesday

Lincoln the Nation

1865 – 35,000 miles of railroad

1900 – 200,000 miles of railroad

Beginning – Pacific Railway Act, 1862 (President Lincoln) 2 Corporations (Union

Pacific and Central Pacific) construct railroad

Got land as they built

Union Pacific Grenville Dodge – Head Engineer

Hardships: Blizzards, scorching heat, Native Americans

Workers (10,000+): Irish immigrants, Civil War vets

Central Pacific The “Big Four” –

Sacramento merchants who owned the railroad

Leland Stanford – Eventually became Governor of Cali

10,000 workers from China

Linking the Lines 1865 – Hundreds of small, unconnected,

lines

Eventually became 7 major lines

Cornelius Vanderbilt – Most famous consolidator

Benefit of National System

Clocks used to be set by sun

Scheduling for trains tough and dangerous

1883 – American Railway Association created Time Zones Why?? To make it easier

to schedule trails Government accepted

in 1918

Unified the country

Land Grants

Land given to rail companies

Railroads would then sell to settlers, real estate companies, and other businesses

This funded railroad building

Robber Barons

Corrupt business men of late 1800s

Tons of bribery and cheating during this time

Jay Gould – practiced “insider trading” Used info he got as

rail owner to manipulate stock

Credit Mobilier

Construction company set up by stock holders of Union Pacific

Signed contracts with themselves and overcharged railroad for work

Investors made millions, but railroad was bankrupt

Congress members bribed

RAFT ACTIVITY (You must do 4 small

ones)Role Audience Format Topic

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Jay Gould Text Message (2 Sentences)

Time Zones

Jay Gould John Rockefeller

Tweet (140 Characters)

Land Grants

Grenville Dodge

Leland Stanford

Email (2-3 Sentences)

Union and Central Pacific rail companies

Leland Stanford

Alexander Graham Bell

Postcard Robber Barons

Thomas Edison

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Telegram (2-3 Sentences)

Linking the railroads