RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of freed African Americans.
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It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line.
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It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
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It encouraged more people to travel the railroad to settle in the West.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of freed African Americans. It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line. It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the ending of the Civil War help the Union Pacific Railroad? It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad. During the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States, many new towns and settlements grew.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oakes and Oliver Ames (of the Oliver Ames & Sons pick and shovel business, which amassed a large fortune during the gold rush), undertook the financing of the construction of the Union Pacific, coming to the assistance of Dr. Durant during a crucial money crunch in 1865.
Detailed explanation-4: -Averell Harriman, was chairman of the board of Union Pacific from 1932 to 1946. The Union Pacific grew to operate in 13 western states, extending from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles. Since 1969 it has been owned by the Union Pacific Corporation, a holding company.