How did the government encourage the railroad companies to speed up work?
The government promised to give the railroad companies land and lend them money.
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What is Competition?
a contest among companies to get the most customers to sell the most products.
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How did the citrus industry in California develop?
A group of orange farmers began growing Washington navels and Valencia oranges. Soon farmers began growing other citrus fruits. Orange groves stretched across California
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The sending and receiving of information
What is Communication
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How many days did it take the pony express to deliver mail?
10 days
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Why was building the railroad so dangerous?
Sometimes they had to set off explosives and many were injured and killed.
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What was the Railroad Act of 1862?
The act granted large areas of land surrounding railroad tracks to the railroad company that laid the tracks.
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Commercial farms are?
farms where crops are grown mainly to sell.
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An enclosed wagon pulled by a team of horses
What is Stagecoach
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How might faster mail service improve life for Californians?
They could receive important news faster
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What role did the Big Four play in the building of the Railroad?
They invested money used to form the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
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Cause: The railroad brought new products into the state that cost less than goods made and sold.
Effect?
Many businesses closed.
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By 1873 California produced more______________ than any other state in the country.
Wheat
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One that crossed the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, might help pull the country together
What is Transcontinental Railroad
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How did the Pony Express work?
Each rider traveled about 75 miles before handing over the mail to the next rider. The riders changed horses every 10-12 miles.
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How could the railroad help bring the country together?
It made communication much easier with the rest of the country.
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Why might people have thought that the railroad would help Sacramento grow?
Because the railroad carried people and goods from coast to coast
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Why are levees important to California farmers?
They keep water from flooding their fields.
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to buy something, such as a share or part of a company, in the hope that it will be worth more in the future
What is invest
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Why do you think Congress helped pay for better mail service to and from California?
to unify the country, help businesses grow, help settle west.
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Why did people want a transcontinental railroad?
It would improve transportation for travel and trade.
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Why did businesses in San Francisco have trouble making money by sending Asian goods east?
Asian goods could be shipped to the eastern United States using the Suez Canal.
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Why do you think the railroad company changed the price of land?
By raising the price of land so that the settlers could not afford to buy it the railroad companies improved their lands for free through the work of settlers.