The Transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah. How did this event contribute to the opening of the west?
O a
It helped settlers to ship the gold mined in California to banks in the east.
Ob It enabled settlers to cross the west, to receive shipments, and to ship their own goods.
C It made it easier for settlers to capture the buffalo living on the Great Plains.
Od
It led the federal government to pass the Homestead Act, giving free land to homesteaders.