Transcontinental Railroad

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Across
  1. 4. The ___ pacific company laid 1086 miles of track
  2. 6. Many new ___ popped up along the railroad as it was being built
  3. 7. The companies focused on ___ more than anything else
  4. 8. The railroad was ___ in 1863
  5. 11. The ___ pacific company laid 690 miles of track
  6. 12. Crews used nitroglycerin to tunnel through tons of ___
  7. 13. The last rail was laid during the ___ spike ceremony
  8. 15. The railroad was finished in the state of ___
  9. 17. The original name of the railroad was the ___ railroad
  10. 18. The railroad was built completely by ___
  11. 19. Chinese immigrants had lower ___ than white men
  12. 20. The majority of railroad workers were ___ immigrants
Down
  1. 1. Railroad workers had to dig over 19 ___
  2. 2. The railroad was started during the ___
  3. 3. When tunneling through granite, crews only gained a few ___ a day
  4. 5. Along with immigrants many civil war ___ worked on the railroad
  5. 9. To communicate, ___ were used
  6. 10. ___ companies competed to build the railroad
  7. 14. The railroad was ___ in 1869
  8. 16. Engineer Theodore ___ played a large part in the planning of the railroad