https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy Find one interesting fact about the Transcontinental Railroad that few people will know. Add a picture. en-us 2019-02-08 18:56:46 UTC 2024-10-12 05:15:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396068 On May 10, 1869 Governor Stanford drove The last railroad spike into the ground this spike was called the Golden Spike.]]> 2019-02-08 20:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396068 loberg_coltin https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396083 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.       ]]> 2019-02-08 20:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396083 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396092 2019-02-08 20:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396092 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396374 The railroad was 1,776 miles lon ]]> 2019-02-08 20:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396374 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396749 cghjio ]]> 2019-02-08 20:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396749 hoots_zachary https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396870 2019-02-08 20:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329396870 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329397697 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.

]]> 2019-02-08 20:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329397697 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399006 On January 20, 1865 Charles Crocker started to hire Chinese immigrants for Central Pacific ]]> 2019-02-08 20:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399006 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399351 The transcontinental railroad was built in 6 years, and mostly all by hand. ]]> 2019-02-08 20:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399351 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399375 2019-02-08 20:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399375 hoots_zachary https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399913 The First Transcontinental Railroad has also been known as the Pacific Railroad, and the Overland Route.]]> 2019-02-08 20:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329399913 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400259 President Abe Lincoln was a huge supporter for the transcontinental railroad.

]]> 2019-02-08 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400259 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400305 2019-02-08 20:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400305 blackadar_nathan https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400643 The transcontinental railroad   was past by congress in 1862.    ]]> 2019-02-08 20:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400643 naber_leah https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400665  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.   ]]> 2019-02-08 20:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400665 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400977 there were over 1776 miles of railroad and it was built in less than 6 years.]]> 2019-02-08 20:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329400977 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401550 2019-02-08 20:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401550 yarger_jeffery https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401724 It was made in less than 6 years and almost completely built by hand. ]]> 2019-02-08 20:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401724 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401754 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.]]> 2019-02-08 20:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329401754 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402007 The railroad made it possible to travel across the country in one week instead of in six months.]]> 2019-02-08 20:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402007 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402092 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.]]> 2019-02-08 20:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402092 blackadar_nathan https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402501 We used thousands and thousand of immigrants to get it done the central pacific turned to Chinese immigrants to do it. ]]> 2019-02-08 20:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402501 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402745 Over 1200 people died building the railroad.]]> 2019-02-08 20:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402745 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402902 2019-02-08 20:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329402902 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329403219 2019-02-08 20:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329403219 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329403427 2019-02-08 20:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329403427 https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329432696 2019-02-08 23:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_sanders2/t2d4v7zdxhpy/wish/329432696