NEWMAN AMSCO APUSH Period 6

Transcontinental Railroad

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Transcontinental Railroad

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, the railway that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionized transportation in the west. (p. 348)

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The vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. (p. 349)

Image: Great Plains