Question

Question 4 (1 point)

In 1869, in Promontory, Utah, the East and the West became connected (increasing the efficiency to transport people and goods leading to greater population migration to the West) by the completion of


a. the Oregon Trail system.

b. the Transcontinental Railroad.

c. a telegraph line reaching from New York to San Francisco.

d. the stations that served the Pony Express.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B.

The Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1863 and 1869 by three private companies and financed by the states and the US government. On May 10, 1869 a ceremony called The Last Spike happened in Promontory Summit to celebrate the completion of the railroad that would benefit the whole country.