U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
12/14/2016
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Chapter 24: Industry Comes of AGE PT1
THE IRON HORSE/ PROMONTORY POINT 1869 and the GOLDEN SPIKE!
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Frank Norris: The Octopus 1906
MONOPOLY
REGULATIONS
Leads to farmers forming THE GRANGE/Populist Party
Silently Read Pages 528-536
(Should be 2 pages minimum THIS IS A BIG ONE!)
1) According to your test HOW/WHY was the “Iron Colt” becoming an “Iron
Horse”?
2) How did Railroads make or break towns? Why was this??
3) Who did Congress commission to build a railway from Nebraska to
California? How was their corruption in this process? Does that surprise
you (EXPLAIN)?
4) What were the majors themes of the “Gilded Age” (1870-1900)? Explain
major people, crimes, corruption, and scandals (you can use your chromebooks)!
5) KEY! What happened at Promontory Point in 1869 that changed the
world forever? How was this achieved and how was this event
commemorated? *This is not in the text…It’s where the tracks came together!
Railroads were not without corruption, as shown by the Credit Mobilier scandal. The Grange was formed by farmers to combat
such corruption and HIGH PRICES FOR CROP TRANSPORTATION, and many state efforts to stop the railroad monopoly
occurred, but they were stopped when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Wabash case, in which it ruled that states
could not regulate interstate commerce, such as trains. The Interstate Commerce Act, passed in 1887, banned rebates and
pools and required the railroads to publish their rates openly (so as not to cheat customers), and also forbade unfair
discrimination against shippers and banned charging more for a short haul than for a long one. It also set up the Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC) to enforce this. In 1860, the U.S. was the 4th largest manufacturer in the world, but by 1894, it
was #1…
WHY? = Now-abundant liquid capital + Fully exploited natural resources (like coal, oil, and iron, the
iron came from the Minnesota-Lake Superior region which yielded the rich iron deposits of the Mesabi Range).
EVERYTHING IS NOT DUE FOR A WHILE (KEEP)!
TONIGHT 536-550 PT 2+ Cornell Notes (BIG BUSINESS/TRUSTS/TECH)
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1) According to your test HOW was the “Iron Colt” becoming an “Iron
Horse”?
After the Civil War, railroad production grew enormously, from
35,000 mi. of track laid in 1865 to a whopping 192,556 mi. of track
laid in 1900.
Congress gave land to railroad companies totally 155,504,994 acres.
For railroad routes, companies were allowed alternate mile-square
sections in checkerboard fashion, but until companies determined which
part of the land was the best to use for railroad building, all of the
land was withheld from all other users.
2) How did Railroads make or break towns? Why was this??
Grover Cleveland stopped this in 1887.
Railroads gave land their value; towns where railroads ran became
sprawling cities while those skipped by railroads sank into ghost
towns, so, obviously, towns wanted railroads in them.
3)Who did Congress commission to build a railway from Nebraska to
Cailfornia? How was their corruption in this process? Does that surprise you
(EXPLAIN)?
Deadlock over where to build a transcontinental railroad was broken
after the South seceded, and in 1862, Congress commissioned the Union
Pacific Railroad to begin westward from Omaha, Nebraska, to gold-rich
California.
The company received huge sums of money and land to build its
tracks, but corruption also plagued it, as the insiders of the Credit
Mobilier reaped $23 million in profits…NO/ WHERE THERE IS BIG
MONEY USUALLY BOG CORRUPTION CAN FOLLOW!
4)What did Native American think about the Octopus running through their
pure land(s)?
Many Irishmen, who might lay as much as 10 miles a day, laid the tracks.
When Indians attacked while trying to save their land, the Irish
dropped their picks and seized their rifles, and scores of workers and
Indians died during construction. THE INDIANS WERE TICKED OFF!
5)KEYS What happened at Promontory Point in 1869 that changed the
world forever? How was this achieved and how was this event
commemorated?
Over in California, the Central Pacific Railroad was in charge of
extending the railroad eastward, and it was backed by the Big Four:
including Leland Stanford, the ex-governor of California who had useful
political connections, and Collis P. Huntington, an adept lobbyist.
The Central Pacific used Chinese workers, and received the same
incentives as the Union Pacific, but it had to drill through the hard
rock of the Sierra Nevada.
In 1869, the transcontinental rail line was completed at Promontory
Point near Ogden, Utah; in all, the Union Pacific built 1,086 mi. of
track, compared to 689 mi. by the Central Pacific.
THE GOLDEN SPIKE!
Due to railroads, the creation of four national time zones occurred
on November 18, 1883
Look closely at what is being shown here!
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SKILL BUILDING…
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Frank Norris: The Octopus 1906 (581)
ARE YOU READY
FOR THE(500)
REAL AP EXAM?
MONOPOLY
REGULATIONS (500)
What
are
4
major
themes
or major
stuff this cartoon
shows?
Leads to farmers forming THE
GRANGE/Populist
Party
(535)
You will get cartoons like this on the exam and need…
SKILLS TO IDENTIFY AND FORMULATE FAST!
Who is the common
man/farmer?
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What is this creature
REALLY doing??
?
Who is in charge of??????????????????
this creature…
LOOK CLOSELY (BELOW)!
The Crédit Mobilier Scandals of 1872-1873 damaged the careers
of several Gilded Age politicians. Major stockholders in the Union
Pacific Railroad formed a company, the Crédit Mobilier of
America, and gave it contracts to build the railroad. They sold or
gave shares in this construction to influential congressmen.
The company got land from the government and gave out stocks
to purchase the land from the government…
Congressional leader that voted more power to the railroad were
given stocks in the railroad companies.
IF TIME ALLOWS CH 23 REVIEW APUSH!