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1. What was the greatest technological The Transcontinental Railroad
and engineering feat of the 19th
Century?
2. When was the Transcontinental May 10, 1869
Railroad completed?
3. Where was the Transcontinental
Railroad completed? At Promontory Summit, Utah
4. How long did the Transcontinental Railroad Six years
take to complete?
5. Why was the Transcontinental
Railroad built? Built to unite the Eastern United States
with the Western United States
6. When did construction on the
Transconti- nental Railroad begin? After the Civil War
7. Who was the designer who got the
project under way and picked the
routes for the Transcontinental Theodore Judah
Railroad?
8. What route did Theodore Judah pick for the Through the wilderness of
California's Sier-
Transcontinental Railroad? ra Nevada
9. Where did funding for the Transcontinental The Government
Railroad come from?
10. What were the two competing
railroad companies? Central Pacific
Railroad Union
Pacific
11. Central Pacific Railroad Advancing from west to east
Started building from Sacramento, CA
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12. Central Pacific Workers Had trouble recruiting dependable
work- ers
Many Chinese workers were already
work- ing in the United States
Initial reluctance because it was felt
that they were too small
Once convinced to try them, the
Chinese workers proved to be highly
valuable Chinese workers were harder
workers and more conscientious
13. Chinese Workers Were harder workers and more
conscien- tious
By 1866, the Central Pacific had 6,000
Chi- nese immigrants on the payroll,
as much as 80% of workers were
Chinese
Worked six days a week, 10 to 12
hours a day
14. Union Pacific Advancing from east to west
Started from Council Blutts,
Iowa
15. Thomas Durant Scoundrel leader of the Union Pacific
rail- road who became notorious
for making money through fraud
and corruption
16. Who selected the Eastern terminus
(end point)? President Lincoln
17. What did the building of the Transcontinen- It allowed America to display its
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