The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in

• 1869

• 1868

• 1968

• 1969

The Union Pacific and the _______ built the Transcontinental Railroad.

• Central Pacific

• Atlantic Pacific

• American Pacific

• Union Cnetral

Promontory Point is located in

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• California

• Utah

Which happened first?

• The Union Pacific began building in Missouri.

• The government awarded contracts to the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific.

• The Central Pacific began building in California.

• The rails met at Promontory Point.

Which if the following is NOT an effect caused by the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Overhunting of the buffalo

• Settlers traveling west by train

• Rail lines on the East Coast

• Mail delivered across the country

The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific hired many immigrants from which two countries?

• Ireland and California

• China and Japan

• Ireland and China

• Italy and China

The Transcontinental Railroad had _____ results.

• Positive

• Negative

• Both positive and negative

• Neither

The Union Pacific made faster progress at first because _____.

• It had better workers

• The Central Pacific was vacationing in the mountains

• It had more workers

• The Central Pacific was stuck in the mountains