RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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What does transcontinental mean?
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to travel across a continent
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to travel from one continent to another continent
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to travel north and south
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to travel to transport goods
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other. The term usually refers to flights across the United States, between the East and West Coasts.
Detailed explanation-2: -/ˌtrænˌskɑːn.t̬ənˈen.t̬əl/ crossing a continent: The transcontinental railway goes from New York to San Francisco.
Detailed explanation-3: -Think a journey of weeks or months, a trip that crosses a continent or a country, at the very least.
Detailed explanation-4: -A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders.
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