Bibliograph

The Transcontinental Railroad, Budd Bailey

Type

Label

The Transcontinental Railroad, Budd Bailey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Transcontinental Railroad

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Budd Bailey

Series statement

Primary sources of westward expansion

Summary

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last

Target audience

juvenile

Classification