RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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Towns that popped up along the railroads.
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Towns that exploded.
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Towns where people moved away from because there weren’t any jobs left.
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Towns with a lot of gold.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Settlements that appeared suddenly and grew very quickly were known as boom towns. Many went from boom to bust in a matter of months. Some were built near gold or silver mines or were built near forests to feed the timber trade. When the gold and silver disappeared or if all the trees had been cut, the people moved on.
Detailed explanation-2: -boomtown. noun. boom·town ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n. : a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modern-day examples of resource-generated boomtowns include Fort McMurray in Canada, as the extraction of nearby oilsands requires a vast number of workers, and Johannesburg in South Africa, based on the gold and diamond trade.
Detailed explanation-4: -Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1859 was the first in a long series of petroleum boomtowns that later continued into Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The opening of a portion of Indian Territory to colonization in 1889 created Guthrie and Oklahoma City almost over-night.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bodie, California, is perhaps the most popular Gold Rush ghost town in all of America. It is registered as a National and California Historic Landmark, and the former boomtown attracts about 200, 000 tourists annually. Bodie was a bustling boomtown from 1877 to 1882 with a population of more than 10, 000 people.