
Railroad History Brainpop
Authored by Jeffrey Symes
History
4th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Virtually all 19th century (1800s) railroads were powered by:
gasoline
steam
diesel fuel
horses
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these would have been the most likely cargo for a railroad line in 1830?
soldiers
travelers
livestock
coal
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was most likely invented during the Industrial Revolution?
computer
wagon
light bulb
television
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you were a manufacturer in 1840, why might you prefer transporting goods by rail instead of by ship?
Railroads could transport goods to the West Coast
Railroads could transport goods during winter
Railroads traveled hundreds of times faster than ships
Railroads could transport a lot of goods at once
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word best describes the role railroads played in the Industrial Revolution?
Essential
Restraining
Irrelevant
Minor
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you bought a ticket on the Orient Express, you could travel between which two cities?
Toronto and Montreal
Paris and Istanbul
Omaha and San Francisco
Moscow and Vladivostok
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the majority of workers on the Transcontinental Railroad have in common?
They were immigrants
They were unionized
They became rich through hard work
They were slaves
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