andrew carnegie born in scotland grew up in railroad industry eventually invested in steel ...
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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