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True or false private railroad companies built the transcontinental rail lines without the assistance of the federal government?
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False. Congress supported the construction of the transcontinental railroad with U.S. government bonds and land grants of government-owned land.
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How did the government help construct the transcontinental railroad?
people celebrated when the railroad was complete! :D
Who was president during the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Immigrants and minorities did most of the work on the first transcontinental railroad.
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.
Which president ordered the creation transcontinental railroad?
Abraham Lincoln ordered it.
Does douglas's plan for transcontinental railroad lead to the kansas-nebraska act?
Yes it does
The government contributed to the building of the transcontinental railroad by?
The Government granted the Eastern and Pacific Railroad Companies subsidies to help them expand.
Which statement is falseThe first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869?
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
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.
What were the names of the two railroad companies that completed the Transcontinental Railroad?
The two railroad companies involved in the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific. They completed the track on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah.
What two companies build the first transcontinental railroad?
the central and pacific railroad compnaies.
What two railroad companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Did the provisions in the transcontinental railroad bill included the right of railroad companies to conscript laborers?
true
How did the government help construct the transcontinental railroad?
people celebrated when the railroad was complete! :D
Who were the owners of the transcontinental railroad?
The Federal government paid the two railroad companies that built it by granting them sections (one square mile) on alternating sides of any tracks that they built. The railroad companies could do whatever they wanted with this land and often sold it off. Many other western railroads were later funded the same way.
What two railroads companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
In the second half of the 1800s what did the federal government encourage in the building of transcontinental railroads?
Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.
Why did the government support the construction of the Transcontinental railroad?
Troop movement
