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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:railway_line
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gptkbp:architect
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gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:challenges
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financial difficulties
harsh weather conditions
difficult terrain
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gptkbp:completed
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May 10, 1869
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gptkbp:connects
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gptkb:Sacramento,_California
gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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1863
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced migration patterns
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gptkbp:diplomatic_relations
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Irish immigrants
Chinese immigrants
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gptkbp:economic_impact
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boosted trade and commerce
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gptkbp:educational_programs
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considered a major engineering achievement of its time
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gptkbp:historical_event
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completion marked by the driving of the Golden Spike
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:Samuel_S._Montague
gptkb:Grenville_Dodge
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt
gptkb:James_Hill
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:George_Francis_Train
gptkb:James_M._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:William_H._Seward_Jr.
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Collis_Potter_Huntington
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:Charles_Francis_Adams_Jr.
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:William_H._Vanderbilt
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:John_A._Roebling
gptkb:John_D._Lee
gptkb:William_M._Stewart
gptkb:Henry_Villard
gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:Charles_Crocker
gptkb:William_H._Mc_Gowan_LI
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:John_A._Mc_Call
gptkb:John_William_Foster
gptkb:Thomas_C._Durant
Henry K. Porter
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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symbol of American innovation
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first transcontinental railroad in North America
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gptkbp:impact
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facilitated westward expansion
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gptkbp:influenced
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American culture
American economy
American society
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gptkbp:is_a_route_for
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across the Rocky Mountains
over the Sierra Nevada mountains
through the Great Plains
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gptkbp:legacy
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set the stage for future railroads
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gptkbp:length
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1,912 miles
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gptkbp:local_government
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gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:opened
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1869
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gptkbp:points_system
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gptkb:Golden_Spike
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gptkbp:significance
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first railway to connect the east and west coasts of the United States
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gptkbp:transportation
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gptkb:railway_line
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Completion_of_the_Transcontinental_Railroad
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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