Question 2 • FL-2100315-United States History CR
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 arranged for two companies to build one transcontinental railroad toward each other. The Union Pacific built westward from Omaha, while the Central Pacific built eastward from Sacramento. They eventually met at Promontory Summit, Utah, so the act called for companies to build from two different directions—not two separate routes.
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