Throughout the 1850s the major obstacle blocking adoption of a plan for building a transcontinental railroad was the

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The intensification of sectional bitterness between the North and the South in the 1850s was a major obstacle to the adoption of a plan for building a transcontinental railroad. The issue of whether the railroad would be built through the North or the South led to heated debates and growing tensions between the two regions. This was a major factor in delaying the development of a plan for a transcontinental railroad.

Throughout the 1850s the Major Obstacle Blocking Adoption of a Plan