San Francisco's venture capitalists were unwilling to invest in Judah's railroad scheme in 1860 because
A) Congress had not yet acted to provide aid for the project.
B) it offered only a short-term investment.
C) there was no feasible route through the Sierra.
D) they had already invested heavily in the rival Suez Canal.
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Q1: The strike by five thousand Chinese rail
Q2: The initial investment of about $15,000 in
Q3: Once the Big Four solved the cash-shortage
Q5: Theodore Judah was unable to convince San
Q6: The early progress of constructing the Central
Q7: Most of the labor for construction of
Q8: The first major arteries of inland trade
Q9: Before the railroad came,the California Steam Navigation
Q10: The first president of the Central Pacific
Q11: The Big Four,to whom Judah appealed for
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