The pacific railroad act of 1862
established a competition to see which of two companies would build the line.
called for two different transcontinental routes to be built at the same time.
called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.

The correct answer is C) called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.

The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.

We ate talking about the Transcontinental Railroad. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 designated the Central Pacific Company and the Union Pacific to built the railroads that connected the East part of the country with the Pacific West. The construction lasted seven years and connected Sacramento, California with Omaha Nebraska. The works were done on May 10, 1869, when both railroads connected in Promontory, Utah.

the answer to number 5 is fort sumter

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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