The Native Americans were affected by the Transcontinental Railroad due to the fact that this railroad needed land across the country, which involved taking Native American Land. This project...
It traspassed into native American land and at the time there was alot of conflict between white settlers taking over the native Americans lands. the transcontinental railroad took away some of...
Occasionally the Native Indians would "harass" the railroad. The livestock would be shot at, stations terrorized, and work crews could be shot at. Twice Indians sabotaged the rails and also a...
its because they had to ride or walk on foot to get to place where they wanted to go.The train helped because they didn't have to walk for so long or tire there horses.