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9. Asa Whitney successfully campaigned for the railroad.
10. The southern route ended in San Francisco, California.
11. Congress chose the Central Route for the railroad.
12. The transcontinental railroad took $50 million to build.
13. Passengers could travel across the U.S. in two days.
14. Prior to the railroad, people traveled in stagecoaches.
15. The railroad was financed by individual investors.
16. Indigenous Americans were happy with the railroad.
17. Theodore Judah surveyed the land for the railroad.
18. The railroad was safer than wagon trains.
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