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Well not only was it a major logistics challenge to manufacture and move everything necessary to build it, there was weather, geographicle featurs like mountains and river that had to be dealt with and raids by hostile indians and outlaws. All of the workers needed to be fed, medical care provided, mobile ;iving accomodations and so on. It was a major undertaking especially for that time in history.
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Why did settlers head west during the building of the transcontinental railroad?
The railroad needed builders, and those builders lived in new towns along the railroad. Settlers moved with the railroad because they could get lots of land and still have access to manufactured goods from the East because the railroad allowed for the transportation of those goods.
Did the first transcontinental railroad go from east to west or meet in the middle?
the first transcontinental railroad met in the middle at Promontory Point ,Utah
How did railroad construction most promote agricultural development in the American West?
Primarily by making freight transportation, both east and west, much cheaper and faster. Farmers in the West could ship there products to Eastern markets more easily and safely and, they could buy farming equipment make in the East much more cheaply.
Which change in the West was brought about by railroad expansion?
Industrialism
What are some compound words using the word west?
east-west west-east north-west and so on
What did Theodore Judah dream of building?
Theodore Judah dreamed of building a railroad in the US that connected the west to the east - a transcontinental railroad.
The railroad linking east and west?
the railroad linking east to west is the transcontinental railroad
What was the reason for building the first transcontinental railroad?
The main reason for building the transcontinental was to transport good from the east to the west.
Who built the transcontinental railroad and what was its impact on American industry and agribusiness?
The bulk of the workmen working their way from the EAST towards the West were Irishmen. The bulk of the workmen building the railroad from the WEST towards the EAST were the Chinese.
Why did railroad workers feel bad about the changes in the west?
No. They wanted to build the railroad and it was a job. The railroad connected the east to the west.
What helped connect the east with the west in the 1800s?
The Transcontinental Railroad linked the East to the West.
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 railroad connects east and west Russia?
The Transiberia
What transportation united the mid west and east?
Railroad.
When did railroad connect east to west?
1865-1890
What took place in Promontory Utah in 1869?
The transcontinental railroad project was completed at Promontory Point, Utah. A team from the the Union Pacific railroad company working west from the east coast and a team from the Central Pacific railroad company working east from the west met there with great celebration on May 10th 1869.
What railroad was the first to connect the east and the west coast of the US?
It was called the "transcontinental" railroad.
