Who
President who wanted the transcontinental railroad built.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Mode of wheeled transportation before the Transcontinental Railroad
What is the horse and waggon?
May 10, 1869
When was the final spike placed?
Starting point for building the Union Pacific railroad
What is Omaha, Nebraska?
Because the tracks connect the East Coast with the West Coast
Why is it called the Transcontinental Railroad?
Company that built tracks West to East
What was the Central Pacific?
$16,000 per mile level, $48,000 per mile mountain plus 6400 acres per mile of federal land
How much did the US government pay the companies that built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
What are the four time zones created by the Transcontinental Railroad?
California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska
What states does Transcontinental Railroad go through?
People and things need a way to move more quickly from East to West
Why was the transcontinental railroad built?
They built the Central Pacific tracks.
Who were Chinese immigrants?
This substance was used to create tunnels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
What is black powder?
This war was being fought when work began on the Transcontinental Railroad
What was the Civil War?
State where the railroads met
What is Utah?
People in the east were hungry for meat.
Why were cattle driven to the railroads?
They built the Union Pacific tracks
Who were Irish immigrants and African Americans?
Land and money for railroads from the federal government
What are subsidies?
A dollar a day
How much were the Chinese railroad workers paid?
Promontory Summit
Where was the Golden Spike driven to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?
Railroad workers faced accidents with explosives, mountain ice and snow, and Native American attacks
Why did many people die during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
He drove the Golden Spike
Who was Leland Stanford?
School named for the person who drove the Golden Spike
What is Stanford University?
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
What companies built the transcontinental railroad?
Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento, California
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad begin and end?
To encourage the railroads to build the tracks faster
Why did the government give subsidies to the railroad companies?