The Senate Commerce Committee.
the union pacific and the central
Illegal manipulations were made in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
A fake company set up by a railroad to make more money - APEX
The scandal which took place for eight (8) years beginning in 1864 and coming to light in 1872 involved the Union Pacific Railroad (UPR) and the Credit Mobilier of America (CMA) company. Stock and cash bribes were paid to congressmen in order to overlook that the same owners of the UPR and CMA were constructing the railroad falsely representing the "independent" nature of UPR selecting the construction company for the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad. In essence, CMA and UPR conspired to charge the government far more than the cost to build the railroad in order to keep the profits to themselves.
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You would likely belong to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as they oversee matters related to infrastructure and transportation, which would include the construction of a new transcontinental railroad.
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people celebrated when the railroad was complete! :D
The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
a railroad that runs across the contient... the transcontinental railroad is a railroad that reaches from North Carolina to California.
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
Asa Whitney thought of the Transcontinental Railroad after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
free land sections on alternating sides of the track (which the government didn't actually own to give away).