Impact of the continental rail road

      May 10th, 1869 the word quickly spread around the United States that the first transcontinental rail road had just been finished. On its first day of work the train launched out of California with of thousands of Asian products and a load of tea from Japan. It was now available for people to travel across the country in just a week. Products created on one side of the country can be at the other side in just a short week. For people the nation was far to big for a casual trip across the country, but now it was possible for a quick trip for a week over to the other side of the country.

    Although not everyone loved the rail road as much. The Native Americans were not to thrilled when it was built. Some say the rail road sparked the was between the Native Americans and the U.S. The project forced Natives of their land and onto reservations.