El Ferrocarril Transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

Bailey, Budd

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Just the Series: Fuentes primarias de la expansion hacia el Oeste (Prima

Series and Publisher: Fuentes primarias de la expansion hacia el Oeste (Prima

Annotation: Describes the transcontinental railroad, how it came about, how it was built, and its legacy.

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Social sciences]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #145919

Format: Library Binding

Publisher: Cavendish Square

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 08/15/17

Pages: 64 pages

ISBN: 1-502-62895-3

ISBN 13: 978-1-502-62895-4

Dewey: 385

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Pacific railroads. Juvenile literature.
Pacific railroads.
Spanish language materials.
Ferrocarriles del Pacifico. slem.
Materiales lectura en idioma espanol. slem.
United States. Territorial expansion.
United States. Territorial expansion.
Estados Unidos. Expansion territorial. slem.

Language: Spanish

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-60) and index.

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 5-9

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

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