Transcontinental Railroad Construction Route and Mileage Study Guide 2025/ 2026

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Transcontinental Railroad –
Construction, Route, and
Mileage Study Guide




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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_7ak71k

1. Companies that led the race to Central Pacific and Union Pacific
complete the Transcontinental
Railroad

2. Began in Sacramento, CA; Built Central Pacific
East, and hired Irish immi-
grants as well as Civil War vet-
erans

3. Began in Omamha, Nebraska; Union Pacific
built West; hired Chinese Im-
migrants

4. Challenges railroad companies Sierra Nevada Mountains, and harsh weather on the Great
faced Plains

5. Congress required the 2 rail- Promontory, Utah
roads to meet at

6. Transportation effects of the Gave much better transportation, (6 Days)
railroad Expands travel beyond rivers.




7. The 2 railroads to meet on May 10th, 1869




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