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1. Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked
the eastern railroad system with California's transcontinental railroad
railroad sys- tem, revolutionizing transportation
in the west
2. the railroad company that began building of
the transcontinental railroad from its eastern Union Pacific
starting point in Omaha, Nebraska
3. the railroad company based on the West Coast
that helped build the transcontinental railroad;
starting point was Sacramento, California Central Pacific
4. How many tunnels and bridges did Judah plan to build? 50 bridges and 14
tunnels
5. Golden Spike where the two rail roads meet, Promintory point
6. Before the development of the transcontinental
rail- road, how far west could a person travel by To Omaha
train in 1860?
7. The Central Pacific began building its section of
the Transcontinental railroad in.
Sacramento
8. land set aside for Native Americans The reservations
9. A vast area of grassland owned by the
government where ranchers could graze their The open range
herds for free
10. Method cowboys used to move large herds of cattle drive
cattle north from ranches in Texas towns along
Rail Road in late 1800's.
11. Union Pacific workers
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