I-9: Railroads

Question 1

Government encouragement

Answer 1

• Provided money (loans) & land grants

- Gave wide stretches of land

Question 2

Human cost

Answer 2

-High
Central Pacific> Chinese 
Union Pacific> Irish
~under harsh contracts
~no regard to the workers' safety

Question 3

Completion

Answer 3

Promotory, Utah (1869)

Question 4

Impact

Answer 4

• Tied nation together
• Moved products & people
• Spurred industrial development
• Growth of towns & cities
• Native American & Mexican land taken