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Asa Whitney
Asa Whitney Presented to congress a plan for a rail road that spanned the West -
Mexico
Acquisition of western territories form Mexico -
Oregon Boundary
Settlement of Oregon Boundary -
California
Discovery of gold -
Funds
Congress appropriated funds to survey various proposed routes -
Rivalry
Senetor Stephan Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act -
Legislation
Enacted during the Civil War by a Republican controlled congress -
Beginnings
The Union Pacific RailRoad started building at Omaha, Nebraska while the Central Pacific Began at Sacramento , California -
Federal Grants
Each company building railroads were granted 10 alternate sections per mile on both side of the rail road -
Land
The amount of land granted doubled and a 30-year loan from the government wa given for each mile of track built -
Endings
Both sides met at Promontory Summit, Utah. A golden spike joined the two lines -
More Lines
Three more lines were completed: Northern Pacific RailRoad-Lake Superior to Portland, Oregon; Santa Fe-Atchison, Kansas to Los Angeles; Southern Pacific- Los Angeles to New Orleans. -
Great Northern
The Great Northern was completed