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Asa Whitney
Whitney propsed a plan to congress for the government to subsidize the production of the railroad. -
Oregon Boundary
A treaty between the Untied Kingdom and the U.S. It dissolved the treaty of 1818 giving full rights of the land to the United States -
Mexico Cession
U.S gained the states California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah from Mexico. This is the third largest gain of land in U.S history -
Gold Rush
California experienced a boom in population due to the discovery of gold. -
Congress approves
Congress funded multiple routes for the proposed railroad system. Surveyors were sent out to explore the american west and find possible routes for the railroads. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Proposed by senator Stephen Douglas, this act was designed to win the approval of Chicago so a railroad could stem from the city. The Civil war delayed the production of this act. -
Republican Congress
Finally providing constructed for the railroad system, the railroad was planned to be constructed by two different companies.Both recieved grants and land and a 30 year grovernment loan for each mile constructed. -
Promontory, Utah
This is where the two lines finally met. Leland Standford was the last person to drive a spike into the railroad. -
Additional lines
The northern Pacific railroad stretched from lake Superior to Portland Oregon, then from Santa Fe to Kansas to L.A. The Southern Pacific railroad connected L.A to New Orleans. -
Great Northern
The final line completed in the 19th century
