Central Pacific Railroad

Have you ever wondered why the Transcontinental Railroad was built, how it was made, or who made it? Well before the Transcontinental Railroad was built the first steam locomotive was built in 1930 and in 1950 over 9,000 miles of track was built connecting cities, states, important landforms, and more. That set the early stages for the next couple of decades for more and more miles of track to be laid. In 1849 lots of settlers were traveling long distances over mountains, hills forests, rivers…

needed to be there. Also, many EEEVIL, acts in presidency. Westward Expansion Immigrants in the transcontinental railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was very important, but who made it important? The Transcontinental Railroad started being made in 1862. The Central Pacific railroad company laid track eastward from Sacramento. However, the rival company the Union Pacific laid track westward from Omaha. The two companies were racing to see how much track the could lay before the met in…

In the documentary movie, The Central Park Five, when the media is reporting the park jogger case with two completely different tones, it failed to comply a basic moral principle: to be objective on any cases. Extreme descriptions such as “wilding” and “wolf pack” exaggerate the negative image of these teenagers, even though who are actually innocent in this case. The media is trying to plant prejudices in the public’s mind, to make decisions for them to treat the five teenager suspects as pure…

“One Out of Many” Discussion Questions 1. “One Out of Many” is the first of three stories in a collection titled In a Free State. Comment on this title and connect it to Santosh’s experiences in America. 2. “Priya paid me forty dollars a week. After what I was getting, three dollars and seventy-five cents, it seemed a lot; and it was more than enough for my needs” (1021). Is Santosh exploited by his employers or treated fairly considering the situation? 3. Does the knowledge that Santosh has a…

Chinese - American Immigrants There are two topics I would like to talk about: education and immigration. Education played a crucial role in my life. Education is important to improve the level of national knowledge, update the living standards, get a decent work, gain a comfortable life, and help others. When I came to the United States, as a new immigrant I encountered many problems. For example, nobody could tell me how to do paper work, how to look for a good college and how to find a good…

After motivating the team members, the team members should be provided with the training lessons or guidance materials on how to use Office 365 since it might be complicated for those who never used it before. In the meanwhile, CE central team can set up a time together with ICS team to install Office 365 on the team member’s computer. The team members are allowed to keep on working with the traditional ways for a certain time of period, but they should cooperate with the leads transferring,…

To Build a Fire Essay In the book To Build a Fire “the man” got frostbite or hypothermia. I am going to write about the dangers of frostbite and hypothermia. Then I will tell you which one he got which one he had. To start off, the 3 kinds of frostbite. Frostnip, which is the least harmful, superficial frostbite, which is a bit worse than frostnip and severe (deep) frostbite which is the worst. Frostnip can be taken care of at home, the other kinds need medical attention.With medical…

dare you try to hog all the continent!” by Rocky Mountain News, 1866. The transcontinental railroad ran through the continent like a steel horse. The railroad was a massive event that happened in American history, and encounter and exchange occurred in this situation. For Chinese immigrants and Native Americans the transcontinental railroad was a series of tragic encounters. However, the transcontinental railroad allowed goods and services to be exchanged across the United States allowing great…

idea in a new country The history of railroads in United States is almost as old as the nation itself. Beginning in the early 1800s, this incredible country of ours prospered into one of the most profitable superpowers in the world and continues to be today. Such prosperity would have been out of reach if it were not for the railroad system. In 1812, Colonel John Stevens first pitched the idea of building a railroad system in the United States. The first railroads ever built included a system…

The first railroad invented that traveled across the country was called the transcontinental railroad. It consisted of 1,907 miles of iron rails, stretching from the Mississippi River all the way to San Francisco by the Pacific Ocean. The railroads provided a way to transport goods quicker and cheaper. It gave states and western settlements more money to buy other things such as coal, or livestock. Those first railroads also opened up jobs for the unemployed living in the western plains. Before…