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How did the congress giving the central and pacific companies land influence them?
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By giving the two companies an urge to compete over who has the most public land and money.
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What did the congress give to the the union pacific and central pacific companies?
land along its right of way.
How many separate companies were chartered by congress to build railroad in the west?
central and union pacific
What railroad comany built the transcontinental railroad?
central pacific and union pacific railroad companies
What are two companies that built the transcontinental railroad in central pacific?
Union Pacific (east) & Central Pacific (west).
What two railroad companies made the transcontinental railroad?
The two companies that worked on the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. The Union Pacific started at Omaha and the Central started in CA.
Which two companies completed the transcontinental railroad?
A+ Central Pacific---Union Pacific
Two railroads that built the trancontinental railroad?
The two railroad companies the built the trancontintal railroad were the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Companies.
What people were involved in the Pacific Railroad Act?
The people involved in the Pacific Railroad Act was President Abraham Lincoln, Congress, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Central Pacific Railroad. The Act granted the rail companies land on each side of the railroad they built, which they later sold to settlers.
Where does the central pacific railroad start?
California. The Central pacific was only one of two companies building it though.
What workers did the union pacific and central pacific railroad companies pick?
All workers were needed
What two companies accepted the government's challenge to build the transcontinental rail line?
Union Pacific Railroad built the line westward and the Central Pacific Railroad built the line eastward. The first transcontinental railroad basically connected the east and the west of the United States. Central Pacific Railroad merged with Southern Pacific in 1885 and then Union Pacific bought Southern Pacific in 1996. Union Pacific still operates much of the rail from Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad.
What two companies accepted the governments challenge to build the transcontinental line?
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
