Homesteading, Farming, Gold, Pacific Railway

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

• San Francisco

• Sutter's Mill

• Promontory Summit

• Houston

The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.

• Land Grants

• Stock

• Buffalo Hides

• More Workers

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

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

• The Sierra Nevada Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Platte Mountains

• The Rocky Mountains

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

Farmers had to overcome what obstacles?

• Locust and poor weather

• Mountains and oceans

• Birds and sunshine

• Buffalo and hurricanes

Who were Forty-Niners?

• Prospectors

• Sailors

• Soldiers

• Native Americans

Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill?

• John Sutter

• James Marshall

• James Polk

• Jedediah Smith

Which city grew by over 30,000 people in just six years because of the Gold Rush?

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Denver

• Portland

California became a state because of _____________.

• The Homestead Act

• The Compromise of 1812

• The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

• So many came in search of Gold in 1848