RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rocky Mountains
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Appalachian Mountains
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Himalayan Mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Central Pacific Railroad blasted a total of 15 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It took Chinese workers on the Central Pacific fifteen months to drill and blast through 1, 659 ft of rock to complete the Summit Tunnel at Donner Pass in Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rail line, also called the Great Transcontinental Railroad and later the “Overland Route, ” was predominantly built by the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California (CPRR) and Union Pacific (with some contribution by the Western Pacific Railroad Company) over public lands provided by extensive US land grants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: For the US government and the railroad companies, the biggest obstacles in building the Transcontinental Railroad were mountains of solid granite and attacks by Native American war parties.
Detailed explanation-4: -No portion of the line was originally built by the Union Pacific; in fact, some portions were built specifically to compete with the Union Pacific’s Overland Route. The line is known for significant feats of engineering while crossing the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.