TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

WHAT IS IT?

• Network of tracks covering a continental landmass
• Has terminals at different oceans and continental borders

POSITIVE EFFECTS

• Faster and larger amount of goods ship faster
• Cheaper for travel and safer than wagons or stagecoach
• Help unpopulated areas get settled easier

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

• Natives lost their land
• Natives move into reservations
• Brought a lot of western settlers take over native lands
• Tons of buffalo were killed for sport on trains

PACIFIC RAILROAD ACTS

• There were many passed
• Government order than public land can be used to build railroads on
• Most land were Native American territories

WORKERS

• Mostly Irish immigrants and Cantonese workers
• Chinese workers made up at least 80% of workers in the Central Pacific Force
• Chinese workers accepted labor at a cheaper pay