Changes Across the USAChanges Across the USACh. 5Ch. 5
Spis-5.1.2 Transportation/Communication; 5.5.3 Timelines post Civil War; 5.5.4 labor rights5.5.5 life before WWII
I. Connecting the CountryI. Connecting the CountryA. CommunicationCommunication
1.1. TelegraphTelegraph
2.2. Morse code was used to send messagesMorse code was used to send messages
B. B. TransportationTransportation1.1. Steam locomotives-(1830)made trains saferSteam locomotives-(1830)made trains safer
2. Transcontinental Railroad-crossed the whole 2. Transcontinental Railroad-crossed the whole US connecting both coastsUS connecting both coasts
Take an extra look at transportation…Take an extra look at transportation…America on the Move
Read text 162-167
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Why is this important??
The telegraph and steam locomotive made trains safer and allowed communication with trains so transcontinental railroad was possible!
Trains allowed people to travel and circulate jobs and services allowing more people to settle WEST!
Farmers used trains to ship goods East!
First Transcontinental Railroad Meets-1869 in Utah
RR companies took out a loan to finance this railroad through the pacific Railway Act
New technology (cont.)New technology (cont.)
Shipped farm goodsto markets
Built by immigrants
Railroad Hard & dangerous
Connected East and West
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Read text pgs. 166-167
Word Bank for #5• quickly• electric signals• Samuel Morse• telegraph• messages
HW-read and do pgs. 59 & 61
II. Hardships in Great PlainsII. Hardships in Great PlainsA. Natural GeographyA. Natural Geography (p. 170)(p. 170) 1. middle of US1. middle of US 2. few trees, flat and grassy2. few trees, flat and grassyB. Building MaterialsB. Building Materials (p.174)(p.174) 1. used sod to build houses because few trees1. used sod to build houses because few trees 2. Great Plains farmers known as sodbusters2. Great Plains farmers known as sodbustersC. Climatic ConditionsC. Climatic Conditions (p. 173)(p. 173) 1. very HARSH 1. very HARSH
a. extreme winter-really cold a. extreme winter-really cold b. extreme summer-hot & dry b. extreme summer-hot & dry
2. little rainfall (drought) 2. little rainfall (drought) D. Isolated CommunitiesD. Isolated Communities (p.174)(p.174) 1. miles away from neighbor1. miles away from neighbor 2. life could be lonely2. life could be lonelyE. Lack of revenue $$E. Lack of revenue $$ (p. 175)(p. 175) 1. farming is expensive1. farming is expensive 2. poor climate to farm2. poor climate to farm 3. 3. poor crop=no money=farmers lose landpoor crop=no money=farmers lose land
Text pgs. 170-177-read pg in groups and decide how these are relevant
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New technologies (cont.)New technologies (cont.)
windmills
Farm machines
Farming More productive
Replaced workers
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Sod House
Sod House 901
Inside a sod house
Let's build one!
III. Cattle Drivers
A. Supply1. the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices
B. Demand 2. the amount of something that people
want to buy at certain pricesC. Inventions
1. railroad 2. barbed wire
Wkbk pgs. 66 & 68
Now do text p. 181 #1
IV. War on the PlainsA. Reservations 1. land that government set aside for American
Indians 2. American Indians forced to move to
reservations.B. Buffalo 1. Settlement of Great Plains destroyed habitat of
buffalo herds a. habitat- area where an animal or plant
normally lives or grows2. American Indians needed buffalo to survive.