Transcontinental railroad

It has come to the point that we must decide on which trail we are to take and what our destination is. Between these three, the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe, it would be most wise to chose the California Trail. There is a fair share of challenges and benefits of this trail. One of these benefits would the the length. However, if we leave at the perfect time, this trail could be as short as 3 months. Also, once arriving at California there would be opportunity to make a living by selling…

During the 1920s, the automobile industry was growing. There were about ten million registered cars during this time. Federal highway officials knew they needed to add more roads and highway systems capable for many Americans to drive on. (Crapanzano) A man named Cyrus Avery, Oklahoma real estate agent and coal company owner, and John Woodruff, a highway official, both had a vision of having a “superhighway” from Chicago to Los Angeles. This would help bring many industries and companies from…

deal with a big consequence that was put upon them politically. The railroad industry during this time was a very important part of the economic health of America. Actually I would like to reference something along those lines that I found would back up my statement “the root cause of the depression of 1873 was railroad collapse. And the railroads collapsed because they were overextended” (29). As I stated earlier the railroad system was important to America because it allowed raw materials…

Oftentimes these corporations even interfere with the government. In 1862, Thomas Clark Durant tricked Congress into passing the Pacific Railway Act, which gave the Union Pacific Railroad company 10 square miles of land for every mile of track it laid (Credit Mobilier Scandal). Two years later, Durant and his associates formed Credit Mobilier of America which carried out the Union Pacific’s track construction. Credit Mobilier charged…

free or die a slave!”(Americaslibrary.com) she was able to see what they were not and understood that if they went back then they would be tortured and bribed until they told her assailants where she was and discloses the route to the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman’s roll in history was not only that of a liberator, but also one of a fighter! In 1862 Tubman was recruited to be a spy for the Union Forces in the civil war amongst other militias and domestic careers. One year later under the…

Lott House is a Dutch-American neighborhood house that has been sustained since 1720 (Croghan, 2015). This house is interconnected with slavery that occurred within people of African decent along with serving as a safe house along the Underground Railroad. The Hendrick I. Lott House is located at 1940 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York. The Lott House rests in the neighborhood known as, Marine Park. The house was originally purchased by Johannes Lott. Johannes Lott was a farmer and a…

The United States was built on slavery and our “Founding Fathers” overlooked the harsh cruelties of it’s nature to advance the developing country. Slavery was immoral , and had to come to an end , but this could not happen overnight . Overtime , people stood up and started to voice their opinions on abolishing slavery , these people were called abolitionist . In this time period , a man or woman would have to be extremely courageous to speak out against slavery, especially with the gag-rule ,…

In the award winning novel Chains, the author, Laurie Halse Anderson, presents an historical Revolutionary War novel where a young slave girl must escape to freedom to save her sister, Ruth. This takes her on a perilous journey through eighteenth century America towards freedom, where the only way out is perseverance and courage. Through scenes in the book, Anderson implies that to improve your situation and work towards a cause risks must be taken. This idea is shown in the scenes when she…

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a novel that was written as a call to action to its readers against slavery in the United States. Through many characters, mainly Tom, Stowe illustrates the heart-breaking realities of slavery to her readers. One instrumental way that Stowe did this was through the rhetorical device of antithesis. Two characters who embody Stowe’s use of antithesis are Tom Loker and Mr. Haley. Haley is described as a “short, thickset man” (3) and Loker as having a…

became a leading abolitionist. Harriet Tubman successfully escaped from slavery in 1849, but returned many times to help rescue her family members, and friends. She led thousands of slaves to freedom as a conductor of ‘The Underground Railroad’. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses. When Tubman escaped, she feared that her family would be further severed, and feared for own her fate and life. The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the…