Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

8th Grade

18 Qs

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Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What drove Americans West in greater numbers in the latter 19th century?

cheap, fertile farmland

new railroads

gold and silver rushes

fresh start, opportunity

search for a Northwest passage

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did most cattle trails begin and end?

St. Louis; San Francisco

Texas; railroad heads

Chicago; New York

Mexico; Canada

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What resources were scarce for homesteads in the West?

water

fertile soil

wood

company

land

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What inventions helped settle the West?

train

wind mill

barbed wire

social & political clubs

meat packing plants

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two railroad companies built the transcontinental railroad?

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

B&Q Railroad

California Pacific

American Pacific

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who primarily financed the transcontinental railroad?

federal government

state & local governments

railroad companies

private investors

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which groups comprised the primary labor forces working on the transcontinental railroad?

Irish and Chinese

Black and Irish

Soldiers and Chinese

Immigrants and Japanese

Native Americans and Mexicans

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