Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...

• farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
• they needed more people to build railroad tracks
• they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
• settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south

Workers who built the railroads were mainly

• homesteaders and cowboys
• Asian and Europeans
• Russian and Irish
• Mexican and Chinese

Which innovation used the railroads and electricity to send news across the
country?

• transcontinental railroad
• pony express
• telegraph
• stagecoach

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

What caused the Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroads scared away the buffalo.
• The railroad destroyed their land.
• The railroad were built in the middle of their reservations.
• The railroad prevented them from migrating.

How did the railroads solve the bison problem?

• Railroads had Native Americans t sent to reservations.
• Railroads had guards protect the rails.
• Railroads hired sharpshooters to kill the buffalo

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad build?

• Omaha, Nebraska to the West, over the plains
• Sacramento, California to the East, Over the mountains
• Missouri to California
• Over the Mississippi River

How were the Chinese discriminated against?

• They were denied water and supplies
• Black Codes prevented their freedoms
• they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
• they were paid less than other workers

How did the Transcontinental impact the natural environment?

• the trained ripped up the sod on the plains
• mining for coal, pollution, and blasting through mountains impacted the environment.
• mining for gold, building large trestles, and avalanches impacted the environment
• shipping crops East and fencing off farm land impacted the environment