Cumulative Exam

Question 2 of 25 • PBCSD_CR_2100315_US History_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2025

Which event happened prior to the signing the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862?

Answer

Asa Whitney requested the right to build a transcontinental railroad.

The end of the Civil War freed veterans to work on the railroad.

The Golden Spike ceremony was held in honor of the transcontinental railroad.

Railroad workers drilled tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains.

An Iron Curtain

An Iron Curtain

An Iron Curtain