Transcontinental Railroad

3. Governor of California.
6. Chief engineer of the Central Pacific and surveyor.
8. Leader of the Mormons.
12. Name for the four leaders of the Central Pacific.
14. The first of the two railroad companies.
15. The event that the country faced during the early building of the railroad.
16. Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad and the real leader of the UP.
17. The state where the transcontinental railroad was finished.
18. Hired the Chinese Immigrants and one of the 'Big Four'

1. Where the railroads connected and were finished.
2. The idea proposed by Asa Whitney.
4. General during the Civil War and helped stop the Native Americans from attacking the Union Pacific.
5. The biggest obstacle of the Central Pacific.
7. The second of the two railroad companies.
9. President when the railroad was completed and former general during the Civil War and a supporter of the railroad.
10. President at the beginning of the railroad and supporter of the railroad.
11. Where the Central Pacific Railroad began.
13. Where the Union Pacific Railroad began.