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completion of the Erie canal and of the transcontinental railroad
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the railroad linking east to west is the transcontinental railroad
Greatly speeded up white settlement in the west. Contributed to the displacement and defeat of Indians
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Well, all i know is that the Transcontinental Railroad made the journey to the East from the West
The Transcontinental Railroad helped to connect the East with the West, increased trade between the East and the West, and helped with the growth of the US.
Irish and Chinese immigrants provided a large portion of the workforce to build the Transcontinental Railroad.
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the population of the west increased
The first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of the US was the First Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. The project linked the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east at Promontory Summit, Utah.
the first transcontinental railroad met in the middle at Promontory Point ,Utah