El Ferrocarril Transcontinental (the Transcontinental Railroad) [Spanish]

by Budd Bailey

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...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 1502628953
• ISBN13: 9781502628954
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10