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The Transcontinental Railroad

Question 2 • CA-MS United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict B

Theodore Judah was an engineer who

Answer
A
built the first railroad in the United States.
B
owned and ran a large shipping company.
C
began the Union Pacific Railroad.
D
helped start the Central Pacific Railroad.

Explanation

Theodore Judah was a civil engineer and an early promoter of a transcontinental railroad route through the Sierra Nevada. He helped organize and start the Central Pacific Railroad, which built westward from California. He did not begin the Union Pacific Railroad, which was organized separately.

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