WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Detailed explanation-1: -The railroad opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869, when CPRR President Leland Stanford ceremonially drove the gold “Last Spike” (later often referred to as the “Golden Spike") at Promontory Summit in Utah.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Building was financed by both state and US government subsidy bonds as well as by company issued mortgage bonds. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built 132 miles (212 km) of track from the road’s western terminus at Alameda/Oakland to Sacramento, California.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.