Question 7 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR
Asa Whitney proposed building a transcontinental railroad and sought federal support for the project in the 1840s, before Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862. The Civil War ended in 1865, the Golden Spike ceremony took place in 1869, and the Sierra Nevada tunnels were built during railroad construction after the act. Therefore, the earlier event was Asa Whitney’s request to build the railroad.
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