Transcontinental Railroad

By 16beersd

  • Beginning

    Beginning
    Asa Whitney presented to Congress a plan for the federal governmant to subsidize the building of railroad from the MIssissippi River to the Pacific.

  • Settleing

    Settleing
    Oregan boundry

  • Mexico

    Mexico
    The aquisitions of western territories from Mexico.

  • Discovery

    Discovery
    Gold!!!! in Cali.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Intended to win approval for a line from Chicago, the ensuing sectional controversey between North and Southfroced a delay in the plans.

  • Law

    This was enabled to get 10 miles for every bit of RR construction.

  • Controlled Congress

    Republican-Controlled congress enacted legislation providing for construction of a transcontinental line.

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific started from Omaha, Nebraska. While central broke ground at two railways.completing the first transcontinetnal railroad.

  • Promentory

    Utah where the last official spike for the TR was put in the ground.