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=// This website is based on the main things that "moved america".What was the reaction of the industrial revolution? Why was there a war between the bosses and workers? What was the transcontinental railroad ? What were the "freedom machines?" All these questions lead up to the decisions and what people had to go through in order to achieve what we can do now. //= = = = //Some facts about the Trancontinental Railroad:// = = //* Their was a group that supported the railroad which was the "Big Four". The men in the group were Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker.// = = //* Farmers and people living in towns didn't support the railroad.// = = //*Workers had many problems, for example, they had no maps so they didn't know where the mountains, rivers, or lakes were. Also, there was little wood and water. The last reason was that the Native Americans attacked workers.// = = //*The two groups working on the railroad were racing to see who built more of the railroad.// = = //*The railroad was finished in 1869 and the central pacific finished first on April 30.// = = //**This by Jossean// = =// ﻿ //= =// Some information on the Freedom Machines //=
 * =// Back when the transportation age started people had an idea by transporting slaves by the forms of transportation. Slaves did not have to walk barefoot after transportation was made. //=
 * =// When the transportaion age started slaves had a chance to escape faster than before. Some forms of transportation had coverings so slave owners couldn`t see their slaves. //=
 * =// Since slaves rarely had money they couldn`t afford to go any on things like steamships and trains all the time. //=
 * =// Also some people without jobs might not be able to travel on transportation machinery. //=
 * =// When slavery ended the former slaves wanted to get awayso they would travel in wagons, boats and trains if they could afford it. //=
 * =// Depending on if they want to move away there was even more travel than usual that`s how that changed. //=
 * // Before the industrial revolution (1600s – 1700s) everything was either worked by hand or horse powered in England. But as the years went on new machines started to form and so did the Industrial Revolution in the 1760s. New inventions and great discoveries! The machines helped us meet people’s demand for cotton cloth. Interchangeable parts helped make identical goods in large quantity. That helped with guns, clocks, and ext. Steam boats made traveling so much faster. It went so much faster than horses. What also changed is that jobs now were easy to find. Immigrants got good jobs at factories and was able to move and stay into towns. Their lives got so much better - // By Emily Gagliard
 * There were many problems concerning the bosses and the workers in the 1800’s. Bosses only gave small amounts of pay. The Bosses gave children dangerous jobs that could cause serious damage to their health. Bosses didn’t agree with the idea of a good education. Only boys were allowed to get an education because they were the ones expected to do most laboring jobs while the women were expected to stay home, cook, clean and take care of children. Although women wanted to fight for their right to vote and work jobs. Most parents weren’t concerned with the dangerous jobs the bosses were giving them because the parents were willing to do anything to get money, food and out of that horrible place that they call home. - Samantha Murcia

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