'Chinese workers' presentation slideshows

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Unit 3-1 Exam Questions

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Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad. Congress passed Railroad Act of 1862 1863 Central Pacific starts in Sacramento,CA 1863- Union Pacific starts near Omaha,NE. Problems. CP- getting supplies from the East WHY? UP-getting ties WHY?. Equipment. Each mile required 100 tons of rail 2500 ties

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Cowboys and Immigrants

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Immigration / Urbanization

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Immigration / Urbanization

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Chapter 18

Chapter 18. The Western Frontier. 18.1 The Mining Booms. 1. The Central Pacific Railroad hired about 10,000 Chinese workers to work on its tracks. 2. The Union Pacific Railroad relied on Irish and African American workers. 18.2 Ranchers and Farmers.

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Western Expansion

Western Expansion. TEST REVIEW. TELEGRAPH. 1861 the telegraph used electricity to send news across the country. Developed by Samuel Morse. PONY EXPRESS. These riders could deliver mail across the West from Missouri to California in just 10 days . TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.

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Many People, Many Ways of Life

Many People, Many Ways of Life . Why do you think most communities are made up of different groups of people? . Custom. A custom is a way of doing something. In a community, the people in a group often share the same customs. . Culture.

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RAILROADS

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Immigration and Modern Urban Growth

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What is Globalisation?

What is Globalisation?. Introduction. Create a list of your 10 favourite possessions. Now try and identify where these things were made. McDonalisation !.

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Societies of the Far West

The Conquest of the Far West. Societies of the Far West. Plains Indians. Nomadic hunters The bison provided the economic basis for their way of life Food, clothing, shelter, fuel The Sioux were the most powerful tribe in the Plains

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Economic Systems

Economic Systems. Economic Systems. Economic Systems must make three basic decisions: 1) What and how many goods and services should be produced? 2) How should they be produced? 3) Who gets the goods and services that are produced?. Market Economy.

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Main Unions

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Racism and Race Relations

Racism and Race Relations. Racist theory In the 18 th , 19 th , and early 20 th century, it was theorized that races were, essentially, genetically distinct subspecies Further, it was held that some races were, by nature, inferior to others

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Early settlement in the west

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