RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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What was special about the spike driven into the railroad once it was completed?
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It was almost 5 feet high
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It was driven into the ground by the President of the U.S.
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It was made of gold
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It was cracked
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Since it was privately owned it went back to California to David Hewes. Hewes donated the spike to Stanford University art museum in 1892.
Detailed explanation-2: -The crowd cheers as Governor Leland Stanford drives the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah to complete the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.
Detailed explanation-3: -This iconic photograph records the celebration marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad lines at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, when Leland Stanford, co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, connected the eastern and western sections of the railroad with a golden spike.
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