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How did the Transcontinental Railroad make a difference in the Civil War?
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It brought California closer ti the industrialized northeastern states.
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Who had the idea to make the transcontinental railroad?
leland stanford
What generalization can you make about the transcontinental railroad and the west?
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Why did they make the transconental railroad?
The TRANSCONTINENTAL railroad was created to unite the East and West coasts of the United States.
What is the two railroads were joined together to make the transcontinental railroad in Summit Utah?
The Union and the Pacific railroads joined together to make the Transcontinental Railroad.
What purchase did the US make in order to build a transcontinental railroad?
The gadsden purchase.
Was the Transcontinental the first Transcontinental Railroad?
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
In what two cities did the transcontinental railroad begin and end?
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco, California and ended in Council Bluff, Iowa. Three private railroad companies joined forces to make it happen. They were the Western Pacific Railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Was the transcontinental railroad the first railroad?
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
How much iron was used to make the transcontinental railroad?
200,000. Ah, faithful google.
What ways did the transcontinental railroad make it easier for settelers in the west to earn money?
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Obstacles of the first transcontinental railroad?
blowing up parts of the rocky mountains to make tunnles.
Who invented the transcontinental railroad?
it was a group that created the transcontinental railroad. one group was central pacific and the other one is called union pacific they had to go to different places to be able to make the railroadNo one.By the time they built it, it was old technology (40 to 60 years old),it was just a kind of sales pitch (to make money).
