Lesson 1: Linking California
Around 1861, how was communication between California and the rest of the US?
VERY SLOWWWW
Who was the man who dreamed of building the railroad?
Theodore Judah
Why did people stop working on the railroad?
silver was found in Nevada
What time zone in California in?
Pacific Standard Time
What event interrupted California's dream of building the transcontinental railroad?
Civil War
What's the name of the railroad company that built a railroad from CA to the East?
Central Pacific
What group of immigrants were known for doing the most work on the railroads?
The Chinese
What are the time differences if it's 1PM in California?
Mountain?
Central?
Eastern?
Atlantic?
Mountain +1
Central +2
Eastern +2
Atlantic +4
What was the fastest way for news to reach California?
Pony Express
What's the name of the railroad that built a railroad form the East toward California?
Union Pacific
Why did workers for the railroad battle one another?
to lay the most track and get the government land
What were three new ways people tried to link CA with the east?
camels, telegraph, stagecoach
What caused the high prices of the good shipped to California?
The long trip to California
What's the name of the investors who put money into the railroad?
The Big Four
What was the hardest part of laying railroad tracks?
Name the 5 time zones used in the mainland of the US.
Extra points for the other 2
Pacific Standard, Mountain Standard, Central Standard, Eastern Standard, Atlantic Standard
Hawaii-Alautian Standard
Alaska Standard
Pony Express/ overland trail or by ship
How was money to build the railroad raised?
1. People with money invested in the idea
2. congress helped
Where did the 2 railroads meet?
In Utah