Mining and the Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

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Who paid for the costs of building the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The Union Pacific Railway company

• The Central Pacific Railway company

• Congress

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How did Congress pay the railroad companies when they ran out of money?

• They paid them in livestock

• They paid them with borrowed money

• They paid them in land

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How was the Transcontinental Railroad built?

• The Central Pacific company started in California and built it until connected to Boston

• The Union Pacific company started in Texas and built it east until it reached Georgia

• The Union Pacific company built it from Nebraska going west and the Central Pacific company built it from California going east and they connected in the middle

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Which of the following TWO groups of people made up the majority of workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Native Americans

• Poor American farmers

• Irish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Spanish immigrants

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Which of the following represents the way the transcontinental railroad impacted travel across the continent?

• It went from taking 6 months to travel to just 6 days after the Transcontinental Railroad

• It reduced travel time from 6 months down to just 1 month after the Transcontinental Railroad

• Travel time increased by about 2 weeks because the Transcontinental Railroad was still new

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Which of the following describes the experience of Chinese workers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• They were treated as equals with the American workers

• They were discriminated against and weren't paid as much

• They were less likely to get jobs working on the railroad because they were less experienced

• They got paid more because of their experience

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How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the U.S.?

• It led to increased settlement in the west

• It led to an increase in American land

• It led to increased trade with Europe

• It led to increased transportation costs

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How else did the Transcontinental Railroad impact America?

• It increased trade between the east and west

• It led to a decline in immigration to the west

• It led to overpopulation in the east

• It led to increased costs of trade and transportation

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What is a major way that the Transcontinental Railroad impacted Native American tribes in the west?

• It caused them to lose gold and silver resources that they depended on for trade

• It caused more settlers to move west who forced them off their lands

• It caused their houses to be destroyed

• It caused them to work in low-paying and dangerous jobs

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Why did the U.S. make the Gadsden Purchase?

• It would allow more land to be gained for settlement

• To build a southern transcontinental railroad

• To create a better trade relationship with Mexico

• To increase opportunities for wealth for Americans

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Who did the the U.S. make the Gadsden Purchase with?

• Spain

• France

• Mexico

• Great Britain