The Willie and Martin Companies were: a. two groups of Mormon ...

[c0205847]

The Willie and Martin Companies were:
 a. two groups of Mormon handcarters who were stranded when early winter storms interrupted their migration.
  b. two work teams that were instrumental in completing the first transcontinental railroad.
  c. the northern and southern branches, respectively, of the Granger organization.
  d. two railroad construction companies that were found to have insiders on the boards of railroad companies with which they contracted.

Question 2

The joining of the eastern and western sections of nation's first transcontinental railroad was commemorated with the driving of the last spike on May 10, 1869:
 a. in Salt Lake City.
  b. in Washington, D.C.
  c. at Promontory Point.
  d. on the rim of the Grand Canyon.

[yotaSR5]

Answer to Question 1

a. two groups of Mormon handcarters who were stranded when early winter storms interrupted their migration.

Answer to Question 2

c. at Promontory Point.

[c0205847]

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[jordangronback]

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