Railroads
The government gave these to people for support on the railroads.
What is a land grant?
A main reason for increased settlement in the West.
What is gold?
A town that pops-up overnight near mining sites.
What is a boomtown?
Collisions on the rail lines led to a change in how schedules were made.
How were time zones created?
Trains and rail lines are now more commonly used to _______.
What is transport the public?
Money or land that the government gave railroad companies to aid in the building of railroads to the West.
What are subsidies?
Valuable metals.
What are gold, silver, ore, copper, and iron?
A boomtown that has been overrun or shut down over time because of lack of resources in mines.
What is a ghost town?
The transcontinental rail lines caused ______ for people and goods.
Something that is now commonly shared between all the people of the United States.
What is civil rights?
A rail line that connected the coast to coast.
This precious metal was located in the Carson River.
What is silver?
Towns that pop up along the rail lines and follow to the West.
What is a cow town?
Shifts in valued metals caused for ______.
What is an increase in US states?
Changed from the 1800's, people are and have constantly been creating new ____.
What are traditions?
What was the government's involvement in the building of railroads?
An area with a very rich vein of ore.
What is the comstock lode?
Americans belief that they were destined to expand West and spread their religion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The railines helped to do something never done before.
What is connecting different regions in America?
Many advancements have been made over the years to help people in this profession.
What is organic farming?