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Over 1200 people died building the railroad.

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We used thousands and thousand of immigrants to get it done the central pacific turned to Chinese immigrants to do it.

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The Transcontinental Railroad was built between to railroad companies. They would receive 6,400 acres of land and $48,000 in government bonds for every mile of track built. Since the beginning, the building of the transcontinental railroad was set up in terms of a competition between the two companies.

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Karolyne Southworth : Transcontinental Railroad Fact

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Karolyne Southworth : Transcontinental Railroad Fact

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The railroad made it possible to travel across the country in one week instead of in six months.

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Avery Terry- Transcontinental Railroad Fact

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Avery Terry- Transcontinental Railroad Fact

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Before the Transcontinental Railroad, it cost almost $1,000 dollars to travel across the country. Then the railroad was completed, and the price went down to $150 dollars.

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It was made in less than 6 years and almost completely built by hand.

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there were over 1776 miles of railroad and it was built in less than 6 years.

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The transcontinental railroad   was past by congress in 1862.

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The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 actually recognized 3 railroads, the Central Pacific, the Union Pacific, and the Union Pacific Eastern Division (later renamed the Kansas Pacific). According to the legislation, who ever reached the 100th Meridian in Western Nebraska first would become the main branch of the Transcontinental Railroad.

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President Abe Lincoln was a huge supporter for the transcontinental railroad.

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The First Transcontinental Railroad has also been known as the Pacific Railroad, and the Overland Route.

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The transcontinental railroad was built in 6 years, and mostly all by hand.

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On January 20, 1865 Charles Crocker started to hire Chinese immigrants for Central Pacific

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On May 10, 1869 Governor Stanford drove The last railroad spike into the ground this spike was called the Golden Spike.

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There were two main routes for the railroad: the southern route that ran across Texas and New Mexico, but ended in Los Angeles, or the central route that ran from Omaha to Nebraska, and ended in Sacramento, California. Congress chose the central route. This route was almost the same as the Oregon Trail.

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 fact about the Transcontinental Railroad

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The railroad was 1,776 miles lon

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The building of the transcontinental railroad was set up in terms of a competition between the two companies.The transcontinental railroad allowed for the transportation of goods over long distances.

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Transcontinental Railroad - Megan Rindal

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Transcontinental Railroad - Megan Rindal