Slide 1Trains, Technology and the Rise of Big Business Slide 2 INDUSTRIAL GROWTH The period from the end of the Civil War to 1900 was an era of unmatched economic growth…

Slide 1 Chapter 1 A Brief Economic History of the United States Slide 2 The National Railroad Network The completion of the transcontinental railroads –1850The United States…

Slide 1 Industry Comes of Age By Jeanelle and May Slide 2 Railways 1900: railroad expands from 35000 miles (1865) to 192556 miles railroad is costly and risky so congress…

Slide 1 Miners, Cowboys, and Indians Slide 2  After the California gold rush in the 1850’s, miners began prospecting in other parts of the west.  In 1858, miners…

Factors leading to the Growth of Industry Connections and Technology First Turnpike- 1790 Lancaster, PA By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities. Cumberland…

Farmers and Railroads Unit 6B Railroads and Farmers Power of the Choo-Choo Train From 1865 to 1920, what was the most powerful & most important industry for the United…

Unit 7: Industrial Society/The Gilded Age/The West Chapter 18: Conflict & Change in the West, 1865-1902 The Homestead Act 1862 160-acre plots for minimum of 5 years Eastern…

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Envy of the Okanagan Grand Forks is an attractive valley town with tree-lined streets, named for its location near the convergence of Kettle and Granby…

Warm Up How did the U.S. government help fund railroad construction? Land grants and loans Industry Comes To Age 1865 to 1900 The Iron Colt Becomes The Iron Horse In 1865:…

Course Web Page The Civil War â Who won? What changed? What stayed the same? Why does it matter? What did white, southern plantation owners lose? Why were southern planters…