California Studies Weekly - Week 29 Transcontinental RR

Who were the Big Four?

• a group who invested in the first telegraph to California

• a group who owned the Pony Express

• a group who owned the Central Pacific Railroad Company

• a group who paid for the entire transcontinental railroad

Why was it hard for companies to find workers for the transcontinental railroad?

• They did not have the money

• Chinese workers were not allowed to enter the country

• People in the East were not interested in moving west

• Many Americans were involved in the Civil War

Who was the engineer with a plan for building a transcontinental railroad

• Yee Fung Cheung

• John Bidwell

• Theodore Judah

• Leland Stanford

What was NOT a challenge of building the railroad?

• They had to work fast in dangerous conditions

• They had to blast tunnels through the Sierra Nevadas

• There were few workers because of the Civil War in the U.S.

• The people did not want the railroad to be built.

Which man was one of the Big Four?

• Leland Stanford

• Theodore Judah

• John Butterfield

• Luther Burbank

Judah got the "Big 4" to ______, or to give money to his railroad project. 

• market
• invest
• sell
• pay

One negative effect of the railroad was _______.

• CA businesses grew
• the ability to get cheap goods from other places caused CA businesses to close
• more goods came from Mexico
• there wasn't enough water to support farming 

Because of improved transportation, _______ or farming, became a big industry in CA. 

• agriculture
• aviation
• irrigation
• exploration

How long did it take to complete the transcontinental railroad?

• more than 25 years

• Almost 15 years

• less than 18 months

• more than 6 years

What was the name of the ceremony that celebrated the Wedding of the Rails between Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad

• Jupiter's Arrival Ceremony

• The Golden Spike Ceremony

• Union Wedding Ceremony

• Central Pacific Wedding Ceremony