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aug 13, 1862 - Transcontinental Railroad

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The Pacific Railroad Act tasked the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next 7 years each would work from other sides to the final goal of Promontory Utah.

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Antebellum America and Sectionalism

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aug 13, 1862
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~ 164 years ago
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