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Asa Whitney Plan To congress
Asa Whitney Presented a plan to congress to extend the railroads out west. -
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Sedlement in of the Oregon boundary
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Descovery of Gold
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funds were incressed
Congress appropriated funds to survey various proposed routes. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas introduced his Kansas Mebraska Act -
union pacific RR began construction
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Golden spike joined the two railroads
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North Pacific RR
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The great Northern
The Great Northern was finished