RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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difficulty finding workers, gambling and Native American Attacks
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tornados on the plains and broken equipment
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blizzards and dynamite
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striking Chinese workers and cold weather
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: For the US government and the railroad companies, the biggest obstacles in building the Transcontinental Railroad were mountains of solid granite and attacks by Native American war parties.
Detailed explanation-3: -Winter weather was the CP’s greatest, most underestimated problem. During the winter of 1866, it took nearly half the CP work force of 9, 000 men just to keep the track shoveled.
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.