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How did the men with the dynamite get away from it fast during the Transcontinental Railroad?
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∙ 14y ago
they ran away as fast as they could,or from a distance they threw the dynamite.
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Did any of the Cherokee Indians die in 1869 during the trancontinental railroad making?
Yes many Cherokee Indians were killed after refusing to give up their land to the builders of the transcontinental. they had to move away and they had to fight for their lives.:(
What did the government provide to help construct the transcontinental railroad?
free land sections on alternating sides of the track (which the government didn't actually own to give away).
What was the controversy over the transcontinental railroad?
White Americans justified the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad with the concept of Manifest Destiny. They believed that the United States was meant to control as much land as possible. To accomplish this, the country must first stretch "from sea to shining sea." A railroad that spanned the entire nation would help to achieve this goal. However, to get the land for a railroad, Native American rights to territory had to be taken away as quickly as possibly to make way for construction.
How did the transcontinental railroad help to bring more states into the union?
Simple. The railroads allowed for traveling farther faster and delivering needed goods as well. People could live further away but have supplies brought by train.
When was the underground railroad mostly used?
during ww1 many africans were running away from Indian slave owners...
Did they use dynamite to build Mount Rushmore?
they didn't "build" mount rushmore, they blew away rock from a mountain with dynamite
What is the overall theme message of Napoleon Dynamite?
To dance your pain away.
Did John Willks Booth get away?
by the underground railroad
How did the transcontinental railroad improve a settler's life?
It didn't it accutually rewened their lives practically starved them to death and took their major supply of buffalo away just to get settlers to leave them alone,they wanted to get the settlers to leave so the Chinese , Irish etc. could build more track on their land.
How did rhe underground railroad work?
The underground railroad helped take escaped slaves away to the North where it was safe.
How many feet away should you be from a railroad track?
50
How far do you have to park away from railroad crossing?
30 feet
