RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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One month of dangerous travel
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One week of dangerous travel
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several days of dangerous travel
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several months of dangerous travel
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Detailed explanation-1: -The railroad, which stretched nearly 2, 000 miles between Iowa, Nebraska and California, reduced travel time across the West from about six months by wagon or 25 days by stagecoach to just four days.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike was hammered into the final tie. The transcontinental railroad was built in six years almost entirely by hand.
Detailed explanation-3: -The speed of trains varied according to the conditions of tracks and bridges, dropping to nine miles per hour over hastily built sections and increasing to thirty-five miles per hour over smoother tracks. Most travelers of the early 1870*5 mentioned eighteen to twenty-two miles per hour as the average.