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A train route across the United States. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah. The Central Pacific laborers were predominantly Chinese, and the Union Pacific laborers predominantly Irish. Both groups often worked under harsh conditions.
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When did the Chinese build the railroad?
The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
Which statement is falseThe first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869?
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
What part the ''big four'' play in the building of the transcontinental railroad?
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
What is the transcontinental railroad-?
a railroad that runs across the contient... the transcontinental railroad is a railroad that reaches from North Carolina to California.
What was the transcontinental railroad act?
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.
Who thought of the transcontinental railroad?
Asa Whitney thought of the Transcontinental Railroad after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Were did the transcontinental railroad end?
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
The transcontinental railroad was finished in what year?
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
The new Pacific Railroad was a transcontinental railway. What does that mean?
the new pacific railroad was a transcontinental railway what does that mean?
Who was the chief engineer of the transcontinental railroad?
Theodore Judah was the first chief engineer of what became the transcontinental railroad.
How many miles long is the transcontinental railroad?
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.
Is transcontinental railroad capitalized?
Collins dictionary: With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, a huge territory was opened to him. no
