In 1862, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Companies were chartered by the Pacific Railroad act to build the transcontinental railroad. This was made to connect the United States from the east to the west. It began from Sacramento, California on one side and Omaha, Nebraska on the other, before finally meeting at the middle at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. The U.S. government financed the transcontinental railroad with the Pacific Railroad Acts, in the form of bonds sold to the public. Overall, the building of the nation’s railroad network altered the American society in the late 1800s. This was due through the means of transportation, job openings, and business scandals. Transportation was the most impacted aspect of the