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Homesteaders and the Transcontinental Railroad Answers

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The first attempts to create a transcontinental railroad failed in part because

the technology was not sufficient.

Congress could not agree on where the line would run.

the Civil War blocked construction.

The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

established a competition to see which of two companies would build the line.

called for two different transcontinental routes to be built at the same time.

called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.

It went through the Sierra Nevada.

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

both

It went through the Rocky Mountains.

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

Both

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