RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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It had more workers
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It had better workers
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The Central Pacific was vacationing in the mountains
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The Central Pacific was stuck in the mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1862, Congress hastily passed the Pacific Railroad Act. This act led to the creation of the Union Pacific, which would lay rails west from Omaha, and the Central Pacific, which would start in Sacramento and build east.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Central Pacific laid tracks eastward, Union Pacific was working westward and the race to Promontory Summit, Utah, where they would eventually meet on May 10, 1869, was on.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history.
Detailed explanation-4: -The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad. What obstacle was faced by both Central Pacific and Union Pacific workers? around South America. iron and machinery.