Answer:
It is located atop Mamayev Kurgan, in Volgograd, Russia, 50 miles from the Volga River.
Explanation:
The Pacific Railroad Act stipulated that the Central Pacific Railroad Company would start building in Sacramento and continue east across the Sierra Nevada, while a second company, the Union Pacific Railroad, would build westward from the Missouri River, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.
Answer:
Because the troops there were running out of supplies
