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Transcontinental Railroad

Authored by Sherri Thomas

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Transcontinental Railroad
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By the summer of 1867, the Union Pacific was in Wyoming, covering far more ground than the Central Pacific. The Central Pacific broke through the mountains in late June, which meant the hard part was finally behind them. Both companies headed toward Salt Lake City, while cutting many corners in their race to get ahead. They built shoddy bridges or sections of track that had to be rebuilt later.

Which idea is BEST supported by this paragraph?

Promoting competition between the two railroad companies caused the Union Pacific to reveal itself as the superior railroad company

Advocating competition between the two railroad companies while failing to account for different geographic features resulted in resentful feelings.

Encouraging competition between the two railroad companies resulted in a finished product that was poor quality.

Nurturing competition between the two railroad companies was clearly a major mistake and caused humiliation for the government for years.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Workers who built the railroads were mainly

homesteaders and cowboys
Chinese and Irish
Russian and Irish
Mexican and Chinese

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The purpose of the Homestead Act was to develop the West

True
False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

On what day did the transcontinental railroad completed?

On May 1862

On May 1865

On May 1869

On May 1868

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What continent was the United States trying to expand to in order to help trade?

South America
Asia
Europe
Africa

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The ________________ were the major mountain range that the railroad had to be built through.

Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

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