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Asa Whitney presented a plan for the governement to subsidize the building of a railroad which would go from the Pacific Ocean to the Mississippi River.
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Increased support for the project.
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Helped increase support.
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Increased support for the project.
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Congress gave funds for a survey of certain routes. There was intense rivalry over the routes.
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Stephen Douglass introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which was intended to win approval for a line from Chicago. However, the sectilonal controversy between the North and South delated these plans.
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Congress created two railways. The Centrail Pacific which was going to go East from California, and the Union Pacific which would go west from Omaha, Nebraska.
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The Union Pacific met with the Centrail Pacific. A golden spike joined the two. The first transcontinental railroad had been completed.
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The Norther Pacific RR went from Lake Superior to Portland, Oregon. The Santa Fe went from Atchison, Kansas to Los Angelas. The Southern Pacific went from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
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The fifth line.