Transcontinental Railroad Final Exam Questions And Actual Answers.

Transcontinental Railroad - Answer the first railroad built that crossed the nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific and was finished in 1869 after being built for 6 years. Promontory, Utah - Answer Place where Union Pacific RR tracks connected to the Central Pacific tracks Union Pacific - Answer the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska Central Pacific - Answer the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its western starting point in Sacramento, California Promontory Summit, Utah - Answer Town where the two railroads connected the Transcontinental Railroad Chinese immigrants - Answer largest group who worked on the TCRR due to a shortage of labor (Central Pacific) 1869 - Answer Year the Transcontinental Railroad was finished 10 days - Answer how long it would take to travel by railroad from San Francisco to New York Native Americans - Answer group who was forced off their land when railroad was being built; RR workers were killing too many buffalo which also hurt this group land and money - Answer U.S. government gave this to the railroad companies for every mile of track they laid dangers of building a railroad - Answer explosions, avalanches, exhaustion ways the railroad helped the U.S. grow - Answer communication, businesses, travel, building new towns