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title: "What two groups were primarily responsible for building the railroad, and what was the \"great wager\"?"  
description: "What two groups were primarily responsible for building the railroad, and what was the \"great wager\"?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42206/what-two-groups-were-primarily-responsible-for-building-the-railroad-and-what-was-the-great-wager  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What two groups were primarily responsible for building the railroad, and what was the "great wager"?

What [two groups](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/110319/what-happened-in-netherlands-clash-between-two-groups) were primarily [responsible](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94149/who-is-one-of-the-responsible-person-for-the-department-of-space-dos) for [building](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23381/interior-decoration-for-tech-offices) the railroad, and what was the "great wager"?\
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