The Railroads

What is the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?

• To aid in the construction of Railroads through grants to railroad companies
• Building the railroads through government bonds

Which of the following is the Union Pacific Railroad Company empowered to do by the Pacific Railway Act?

• Plan and construct railroads and telegraph lines
• Sell land grants in order to raise funds for telegraph lines

This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Gustavus Swift

Who built the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Chinese and Irish Immigrants
• Slaves
• Cowboys
• Poor White People

What was built to connect the east coast with the west coast?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Eire Canal
• Panama Canal
• Southern Railroad

The Central Pacific Railroad started in California, and pushed eastward; eventually connected with the Union Pacific Railroad in Promentary Point, Utah.

• True
• False

The Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872 involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

• True
• False

How did the Pacific Railway Act contribute to the railroad boom?

• It forced immigrants to work for the railroad for a certain period of time.
• It provided free natural resources to the first company to complete the project.
• It provided for the construction of a transcontinental railway system.
• It enforced the free enterprise system by taking bids from railway companies for the project.

How did the Central Pacific Railroad deal with the shortage of labor in California?

• They used Civil War veterans.
• They hired a large number of Chinese immigrants.
• They hired Native Americans.
• They used enslaved labor.

In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by

• accepting bribes from business owners to route railroad tracks through their towns.
• creating a monopoly in hauling freight along their railroad tracks.
• paying inflated bills from a construction company that they controlled.
• conspiring with other railroads to set high prices.