In the year of 1869
The transcontinental railroad was authorized in 1862 and completed in 1869. The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was created in 1887. Therefore, the ICC was established 18 years after the authorization of the transcontinental railroad.
The TRANSCONTINENTAL railroad was created to unite the East and West coasts of the United States.
The Transcontinental railroad was needed because the mining industry created a need for faster transportation-- stage coach lines and wagons were not moving fast enough.
The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
The Transcontinental railroad was needed because the mining industry created a need for faster transportation-- stage coach lines and wagons were not moving fast enough.
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.