
Chapter 5 Railroads, Immigration, Gold, Growth
Authored by Laura Jacobson
History
5th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the biggest thing that helped the west, including Washington, grow and prosper?
deep water shipping harbors
Chinese Exclusion Act
the massive amount of lumber
transcontinental railroads
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A railroad that stretches all the way across the continent is called
continental
transpire
transcontinental
corruption
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the railroads get the massive amount of land needed to lay their tracks?
They bought the land from the government.
They were given the land (for free) by the government.
They just built the land, not caring who owned it.
They traded gold claims for the land.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who built our railroads, but were paid less although they did the most dangerous work?
Immigrants, especially Chinese and Irish
Immigrants, especially Mexican and British
Children, especially orphans
Out-of-work urban migrants, especially displaced factory workers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Railroads were given land FOR FREE by the federal government. Such free gifts of land are called
land loans
corruption
golden land
land grants
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is there still a train depot in Seattle that was built around the time the transcontinental railroad arrived?
Yes, King Street station is still there, and still used by people leaving from and coming to Seattle
No, both train depots built during those times were destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire, and never rebuilt
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Railroads and ____ were mutually beneficial (helped each other grow and get rich).
lumber
whaling
gold
farming
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