Question 2 • FL-2100310-United States History Sem 1
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 authorized the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads to build toward each other from opposite directions. The Union Pacific began in the East, while the Central Pacific began in California. Their lines met at Promontory Summit in Utah, completing the first transcontinental railroad, so the correct choice is “called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.”
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