Question

Describe how the transcontinental railroad came to exist in america

Answer 1

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The U.S.'s First Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1863 and 1869 to join the eastern and western halves of the United States. ... The sale of the railroad land grant lands and the transport provided for timber and crops led to the rapid settling of the "Great American Desert"...

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Answer 2

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A transcontinental railroad in the United States is any continuous rail line connecting a location on the U.S. Pacific coast with one or more of the railroads of the nation's eastern trunk line rail systems operating between the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers and the U.S. Atlantic coast. The first concrete plan for a transcontinental railroad in the United States was presented to Congress by Asa Whitney in 1845.

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