Homesteading, Farming, Gold, Pacific Railway

Homesteading, Farming, Gold, Pacific Railway

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Homesteading, Farming, Gold, Pacific Railway

Homesteading, Farming, Gold, Pacific Railway

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads meet to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?

San Francisco

Sutter's Mill

Promontory Summit

Houston

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.

Land Grants

Stock

Buffalo Hides

More Workers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

To move prisoners west

To encourage westward expansion

To defeat Mexico

To make peace with the Native Americans

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which mountain range did the Central Pacific have to build through?

The Sierra Nevada Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains

The Platte Mountains

The Rocky Mountains

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.

10 years, 50 acres

1 year, 80 acres

7 years, 180 acres

5 years, 160 acres

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Farmers had to overcome what obstacles?

Locust and poor weather

Mountains and oceans

Birds and sunshine

Buffalo and hurricanes

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were Forty-Niners?

Prospectors

Sailors

Soldiers

Native Americans

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