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Who was US president when the transcontinental railroad was completed?
Ulysses Grant was the US president when the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
Where did the two tracks of the railroad meet?
If this question refers to the US's transcontinental railroad, then the answer is Promontory Point, Utah. There in the Spring of 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met, creating the US's transcontinental railroad.
How do you write a sentence with the word transcontinental?
The US biult a transcontinental railroad.
What are some effects of the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Transcontinental Railroad helped to connect the East with the West, increased trade between the East and the West, and helped with the growth of the US.
What state was the transcontinental railroad buit in?
The Transcontinental railroad was completed in a ceremony in the Utah Territory in 1869. The railway enabled travel from the US east coast to the west coast.
Who made sure that transcontinental railroad would be built?
The us government
Did the English start the first transcontinental railroad?
No. The English have nowhere to build a transcontinental railroad; they are on an island. The US was the first to begin such a railroad - aptly named the First Trascontinental Railroad - and the Russians soon followed with the Trans-Siberian Railway.
What railroad was the first to connect the east and the west coast of the US?
The first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of the US was the First Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. The project linked the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east at Promontory Summit, Utah.
When did the transcontinental railroad begin and end?
The US doesn't have a transcontinental RR ... Canada has two. The joining of the UP & the SP railroads took place in 1869 ... and they finally merged about 10 years age.
In the 1800s what opened up the western US to immigration and business?
it is transcontinental railroad
By the 1890's how many transcontinental railroad lines crossed the US?
300,000
What purchase did the US make in order to build a transcontinental railroad?
The gadsden purchase.
