2. What to Know
• Railroads were first used, and created in Great
Britain.
• George Stephenson was the first successful man to
use a steam engine for railroads.
• The first trains in America were bought from
Stephenson Works in England.
• The first railroad in the United
• States was the Baltimore
• and Ohio railroad.
3. Positives
Railroads created a large-range way of
traveling. Railroads made all kinds of goods
easily transportable to all over the country.
Railroads made people able
to migrate all over the
country. Railroads were the
fastest way of transportat-
ion for people, as well as
any thing needing to be
shipped.
4. Negatives
• Most of the immigrants working on the
railroads were Chinese, making the racial
views of Americans on the Chinese people
very harsh and negative.
• Wild buffalo was the best nutritional base
Native Americans had, causing them to be
wiped out for the construction of the
railroads.
5. Negatives (2)
• Many Native Americans died from starvation,
and the Native American population started to
drop.
• Native Americans were
forced to move to unknown
land, and were killed when
they tried to attack the
railroad workers.
