Today we took a look back at the Transcontinental railroad via Ken Burns Documentary The West: Episode 5 the greatest enterprise under god. This highlights the challenges and motivations behind creating on of the greatest technological wonders of the 19th century.
The immigrants / poor it employed
the Buffalo slaughtered
the natives displaced
the corruption within the private and public sectors
all have a major impact on the trajectory of American life, by setting the stage for the 20th century and ushering us into an age of technological wonders.
Absentees and those present: make sure you take a crash course on westward expansion below.
The immigrants / poor it employed
the Buffalo slaughtered
the natives displaced
the corruption within the private and public sectors
all have a major impact on the trajectory of American life, by setting the stage for the 20th century and ushering us into an age of technological wonders.
Absentees and those present: make sure you take a crash course on westward expansion below.
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