History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Pacific Railway Act
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The idea
The Pacific Railway Act of July first, eighteen sixty-two, funded a transcontinental railroad with federal land grants and government bonds.
In practice
The Union Pacific building west from Omaha and the Central Pacific building east from Sacramento.
Where people slip
The two lines met at Promontory, Utah, in eighteen sixty-nine, completing the first transcontinental railroad.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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