HISB31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: New York Central Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Track Gauge
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Industrial revolution: began for the united states in the late 19th century (transportation); early 20th century in canada (energy production) The real american industrial revolution: 1865-1900: economy, society, politics. Railroads (cid:894)(cid:862)rail(cid:449)ay(cid:863) in canada(cid:895: union/central pacific railroad (1870s) was the only railroad that went all of the was to california. They wanted it to go from omaha, nebraska to san francisco, 155 million acres from the federal government. 49 million acres from the state governments. The government was favoritizing big business (which led to the mistrust in many other state governments: money was being made by how much land that the railroad covered, leland stanford, president of the central pacific railroad. Was one of the richest men in the world because of the railroad. Created stanford university which was coed (unusual at the time) Railroad development did not stop there as there were many different railroads that were created after that.
