the population of the west increased
it shifted westward
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The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
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.
Goods produced in one region could be sent to another and sold.
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.