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What 2 railroad companies completed the first transcontinental railroad?
Central Pacific Railroad Company (started in Sacramento, CA) and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (starting in Omaha) both met at Promontory Summit, Utah.
Which 2 railroad linked up at Promontory Utah to create the first transcontinental railroad?
The two railroads that linked up at Promontory, Utah to create the 1st transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad.
How many transcontinental railroads were completed by 1890?
2
What 2 ethnic groups were apart of the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish
What 2 obstacles did the central pacific have to face as they built the transcontinental railroad?
US history
How long did it take to get the transcontinental railroad built through the Sierra Mountains?
Approximately 2 years.
What three railroads made up the transcontinental railroad?
Only 2 railroads; Union Pacific and Central Pacific.
What 2 challenges did the Union Pacific have building the transcontinental railroad?
They didn't have a lot of time and I'm awesome -mckayla ward
What two changes were brought about the transcontinental railroad?
#1: it helped to settle the west #2: the east was brought closer to the west
Transcontinental railroad facts?
The day the Transcontinental Railroad was finished, the workers drove a golden spike to connect the 2 railroads to form one. Also the transcontinental railroad was made so people could cross the United States faster.You could travel first class across the country in four days.Only parts of the Transcontinental Railroad are in use today.The Central Pacific had to blast 19 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada.Before the railroad, to get to California from the east coast by boat took about 190 days.It took the work of thousands of men to build the Transcontinental Railroad.The entire project of the building of the railroad costed hundreds of millions of dollars. And that was the cost in the nineteenth century who knows what it could cost now. Maybe, billions, or even trillions of dollars! two thirds of the workers were Asian the other was American and Irish.
How many people died on the Santa Fe Trail?
around 20,000 people died working on the transcontinental railroad
What were the positive effects of the transcontinental railroad?
made it easier to ship goodsmade it easier for the pioneers to move Westhelped people from all over the worldProvided jobs
