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The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse: the impact of the railroads on 19th century American society
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By Marieke van Ophem
Introduction
- The Industrial Revolution
Chapter I: Early Railroads
- New Developments
- Advanced Technology
- Managing Big Business
Chapter II: Debating a Transcontinental Railroad
- North and South
- Asa Whitney
- Conflicting Personal Interests
- The Surveys
- Indian Policies
- Political Changes
Chapter III: The Great Race
- The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
- The Meeting at Promontory Point
- After the Celebration
- Other Transcontinentals
Chapter IV: Colonizing the West
- Land Departments and Bureaus of Immigration
- Railroad Towns
- Ideology
- Towns Shapes
- The Town of Pullman
Chapter V: Labor Conflicts and Unionism
- The Railroad Unions
- The Strikes of 1877
- The Workingmen's Party
- The American Railway Union
- The Pullman Boycott
- Federal Intervention in Pullman
Chapter VI: Railroads and Regulation
- Consolidations
- The Granger Laws
- The Interstate Commerce Act
Chapter VII: The Twentieth Century
- Main Events of the 20th Century
Conclusion
- What Was the Impact of the Railroads?