SSUSH12 GSE

The most significant obstacle in building the Transcontinental Railroad was

• crossing the Appalachian Mountains
• the distance across the Great Plains
• hostile American Indians
• crossing the Sierra Nevada Range

Which of these did the most to advance Manifest Destiny after 1865? 

• The California Gold Rush
• Abolition of Slavery
• Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition 

Which innovation had the GREATEST impact on westward migration immediately after the American Civil War?

• telephone
• eletricity
• steam-powered boats
• trancontinental railroad

Which group of people was primarily responsible for constructing the Transcontinental Railroad from California eastward through the Sierra Nevada Mountains? 

• Civil War Veterans
• Chinese
• Irish
• Germans

What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?

• Chinese
• Civil War Veterans
• Irish
• Germans

Besides connecting the eastern United States with the western United States, the Transcontinental Railroad was also instrumental in

• driving a gap through Confederate Territories
• bringing immigrants from China, Ireland, and Germany
• getting California admitted as a state
• ending Reconstruction 

Which area on this map saw the GREATEST increase in urban population due to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The building of the transcontinental railroads fuelled the popular idea of

• the Gilded Age
• Manifest Destiny 
• "Go West, Young Man"
• the "Land of the Free"

What specific evidence supports the statement that "The construction of the transcontinental railroad was disastrous for the Native Americans of the Great Plains"?

• The transcontinental railroad opened frontier markets to new products and goods from the east.
• Within ten years of its completion, the railroad shipped $50 million worth of freight coast to coast every year.
• The construction of the transcontinental railroad depended heavily on the labor of Chinese and Irish immigrants.
• The transcontinental railroad drastically reduced Native American land ownership.

Why did many people think that the building of the transcontinental railroads was a federal government project?

• The states were not involved in this project.
• Private investors were not allowed to buy stock in the railroad companies.
• The federal government hired Irish and Chinese labor to work on the railroads.
• Railroad construction companies were heavily supported with  land grants from the federal government.