First Transcontinental Railroad

What two railroad companies connected the country?

  In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states.  This fact can most likely be 

   attributed to the -

• influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories

• the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west

• the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America

• the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land

One of the benefits of the transcontinental railroad was that -

• farmers were able to sell their goods to distant markets

• the business relationship between Mexico and America improved

• the cost of traveling across the country increased by fifty percent

• businessmen were able to ship goods across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe for cheaper prices

What is the title of the map?

How many states did the railroad span?

Where did the Union Pacific start?

Where did these railroad companies connect?

What two benefits does this project bring?

What railroad was built as a result of the Pacific Railway Act

• Pacific Coast

  Railroad

• Appalachian Railroad

• Transcontinental

  Railroad

• Chessy

  Railroad

What month and year was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

• January 1880

• May 1869

• June 1865

• September 1900