Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental means...

• across the U.S.A.

• over the U.S.A.

• near the U.S.A.

• beside the U.S.A.

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.RI.5.4

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

• north and south

• east and west

• north and west

• east and south

After the railroad was built, travel time went from 6 months to _____________________.

• 6 weeks

• 6 days

• 6 hours

• 6 minutes

There was over ___________________ miles of track on the Transcontinental Railroad.

• 1000

• 3000

• 2000

• 300

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.

• 1865

• 1867

• 1869

• 1871

The ______________________________ company began building the railroad in Nebraska.

• Union Pacific

• Central Pacific

The __________________________ company began building the railroad in California.

• Central Pacific

• Union Pacific

The Union Pacific Railroad hired immigrants from ______________________________________.

• Ireland

• Italy

• Germany

• France

• China

The Central Pacific Railroad hired immigrants from _______________________.

• China

• Ireland

• Italy

• Germany

• France

The two railroads met in __________________________________.

• Promontory, Utah

• Las Vegas, Nevada

• San Francisco, California

• Denver, Colorado