RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Central Route
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Southern Route
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Northern Route
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Westward Route
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Detailed explanation-1: -The legislation called for building and operating a new railroad from the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa, west to Sacramento, California, and on to San Francisco Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -Route. Route of the first American transcontinental railroad from Sacramento, California, to Omaha, Nebraska. The route followed the main trails used for the opening of the West pioneered by the Oregon, Mormon, California Trails and the Pony Express.
Detailed explanation-3: -It would begin in Omaha, Nebraska and end up in Sacramento, California.
Detailed explanation-4: -The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 had a huge impact on the West. It encouraged further settlement in the West as it made travelling their cheaper and easier. It also encouraged the development of towns along the railroad, as the railroad made the west less isolated.