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RAILROADS
PACIFIC RAILWAY ACTTRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADUnion PacificGreenville DodgeCivil War VetsEx-convictsCooksAdventurers Irish Immigrants1086 miles of track
Central PacificLeland StanfordHired workers from ChinaPaid $1/day
688 miles of track
HELPED THE ECONOMYStimulated the economyPeople spent money on steel, coal, timber, and other materials
CORNELIUS VANDERBILTMerged 3 small New York railroads to form New York Central
1871 started building Grand Central Station
1st direct line from NYC to Chicago
TIME ZONES4 times zones
Eastern Central Mountain Pacific
Federal Government ratified in 1918Created to avoid railroad accidents
ROBBER BARONS People who loot an industry and give nothing back Land Grants
Railroads sold land to settlers, real estate companies, and other businesses to raise money to build the railroads
Railroad companies were given 120 million acres of public land
JAY GOULD
Corrupt Railroad owner
CREDIT MOBILER SCANDALConstruction companies set up several stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad
Sold contracts to themselves and the railroad paid
Millions were made by the investorsCongress was sold shares of stock
JAMES J. HILL Built the Great Northern Railroad Offered low fares to people that
lived along route Sent supplies to the west that
would go to Asia Supplies went both ways Only Railroad to not go bankrupt
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