Railroad companies
What is Union Pacific?
The company starting building from Omaha Nebraska.
What was the path they used?
The Donner pass.
Who did the Central Pacific use to build the roads?
Chinese immigrants.
Abraham Lincoln.
What was a key factor of why the west had a harder time to build?
Rough terrain.
What is Central Pacific?
The company starting building from Sacramento, California.
Why did they build the rail?
non dangerous, fasting traveling alternative, move resources from California to Nebraska.
Who did the Union Pacific use to build the roads?
Irish immigrants/Civil war veterans/Freed slaves.
Who came up with the idea of the transcontinental railroad?
Theodore Judah.
How long did it take to build?
6 years.
Why were the companies racing?
When did they finish building?
May 10, 1869.
How many died while construction?
Over 1000.
Who inspired the railroad?
Ada Whitney.
What were some natural disasters that affected them?
avalanches, landslides, extreme rain.
Why was the Union pacific delayed in starting?
Corruption/lack of workers.
When did they start building?
January 8, 1863.
What did they use for creating holes in the mountains?
dynamite, nitro-glycerin.
Who was responsible by the delay in the East?
Thomas Durant.
What is the golden spike?
The final nailing to celebrate the building of the railroad?
Where were the companies gonna meet?
In the middle/Utah.
What risk did the railroad have on the natives?
Land/resources/the natives' way of life.
Main causes of death in workers?
Explosives, exhaustion, avalanches, falling and landslides.
Who were the four who invested into Judah's plan?
Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins.
What did William Tecumseh Sherman say about his method of getting rid of natives?
“The more we kill this year, the less will have to killed the next year,”