People standing on a train car, (Britannaca)
The impact of the Transcontinental Railroad was that it caused the Native Americans land to be stolen from them (“The Transcontinental Railroad”). The railroad caused for Native Americans to lose land and their homes (“The Transcontinental Railroad”). The Native Americans fought to achieve their land back, but failed and they were moved into reservations after they signed a peace treaty ("Transcontinental Railroad”). This happened because the Union hired a Native American tribes to help fight against other Native American (LindaHallLibrary). The Transcontinental Railroad had also allowed for immigrants to spread all throughout the United States of America (History.com). The Transcontinental Railroad was a total of 1776 miles long (Institute of American History). The railroad had made a big impact on the west because it made the west more important in America because people had easier access to it, so Americans had gained an interest in the west and started to travel more (History.com). The east and west coast commited in Omaha Nebraska where construction on building the transcontinental Railroad first began (Shmoop.com).