GSE US11 Railroads and Rise of Business

Where did both sides of the railroad meet on May 10, 1869?

• Promontory Point, Utah

• Evanston, Wyoming

"The future is coming, and fast too." What is meant by this statement in regards to the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Rapid changes would soon impact Americans as a result of the railroad's completion.

• High speed rail travel was now a reality for Americans living in the 1800s.

Which cultural group that helped build the Transcontinental Railroad was denied citizenship after its completion?

• Chinese Americans

• Mormons

• Mexican Americans

• Japanese Americans

Which immigrant group faced the GREATEST discrimination resulting in an exclusion act being passed in 1882?

• Chinese

• Germans

• Irish

• Swedish

This Gilded Age political cartoon expresses the viewpoints of many people following the

• passage of the Homestead Act

• passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• writing of the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907

• completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869

All of the following are effects of the Transcontinental Railroad EXCEPT

• furthering the goals of Manifest Destiny

• the connection of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

• improvements in working conditions for Chinese workers

• the ability to efficiently transport people and goods across the nation

What specific evidence supports the following statement:

"The construction of the transcontinental railroad was disastrous to Plains Indians."

• 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 decimated the herds of buffalo that the Indians were dependent on

What took place at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869?

• massacre of Lakota Sioux

• massacre of Plains Indians

• completion of Transcontinental Railroad

• largest silver strike in American history

Which immigrant group provided labor to build the transcontinental railroad from the east to the west?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Plains Indians

• English

In what ways did steel promote the growth of the U.S. infrastructure.

• bridges
• railroads
• sky scrappers
• all of the above