building the transcontinental railroad

big bang

Period: Dec 13, 1769 to May 10, 1889

expanshions

Dec 13, 1840

us expands its union way of life across the entire content

build

Dec 18, 1862

abraham lincon conversed with congress to build the contentel railroad across the entire contenent

outland workers

Dec 25, 1862

hired chinks to blow out mountans and buld railroad by laying track

growing chinks

Apr 6, 1865

numbers grew by how many chinks worked on the railroad in california who were youn men becouse workers demanded mor pay so they recruted chinks

weather problems

Nov 29, 1866

the was a horrible inter this year while bulding the contnentil railroad with 30ft drinfts with 40ft of snow and 80 ft high in the sierra mts

rebellion

Dec 31, 1866

chineese rebellion

writeing to charlie

Oct 26, 1867

wanted to recruet recently freed blacks to build railroad to replace chineese

done

May 10, 1869

both sides of the railroad meet finnaly

competition

May 31, 1869

central pacific and union pacific raced to see who layed track down the fastest

new life

Oct 27, 1869

corren utah faunded first settlement in the region

aggrement

Dec 8, 1869

divides the suix terrotory into the power vally and purpitouty

first train

Dec 18, 1869

first train rummbled across reno