RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a shortage of supplies, which had to be shipped around South America.
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intense summer heat that melted the railroad ties and tracks.
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scarcity of wood used for building railroad ties and trestles.
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conflicts with American Indians who closed down the tracks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is a shortage of supplies, which had to be shipped around South America.
Detailed explanation-2: -a shortage of supplies, which had to be shipped around South America. intense summer heat that melted the railroad ties and tracks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Central Pacific met its greatest challenge at the outset-the towering Sierra Nevada, which presented enormous engineering obstacles and strangling winter snows. Deep fills, rock cuts, high trestles, snaking grades, and 15 tunnels through 6, 213 feet of solid granite blooded the CP crews.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was acquired by the Southern Pacific Company as a leased line. Technically the CPRR remained a corporate entity until 1959, when it was formally merged into Southern Pacific.
Detailed explanation-5: -Each company faced unprecedented construction problems-mountains, severe weather, and the hostility of Native Americans. On May 10, 1869, in a ceremony at Promontory, Utah, the last rails were laid and the last spike driven.