RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
1834
|
|
|
1863
|
|
|
1836
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -It was constructed between 1863 and 1869. The idea of a railroad that went from the east coast to the west didn’t start when building began.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1862 Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Acts which designated the 32nd parallel as the initial transcontinental route and gave huge grants of lands for rights-of-way. The legislation authorized two railroad companies, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, to construct the lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike was hammered into the final tie. The transcontinental railroad was built in six years almost entirely by hand. Workers drove spikes into mountains, filled the holes with black powder, and blasted through the rock inch by inch.