The Pony Express

The Pony Express was a mail service between

• Missouri and California

• New York and Chicago

• Michigan and Texas

• New York and California

Pony Express was created to provide mail service faster than

• train

• stage coach

• steam ship

• cars

____________was the man who came up with the idea of the Pony Express.

• Leland Stanford

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• William Hepburn Russell

Who was hired to be the riders for the Pony Express?

• Mail men

• Professional horse riders

• Young men

• Women older than 30

The riders would ride for ________miles between relay stations.

• 10

• 100

• 25

• 250

What did the riders do at the relay stations?

• Take a shower

• Eat a meal

• Change horses

• Sleep

Where did the riders sleep?

• In the barn with the horse

• At home stations

• At a hotel

• Along the route when they were tired.

Each Pony express rider would ride for ____________miles before being substituted for a new rider.

• 1,000

• 10-50

• 500

• 50-100

On April 3, 1860 _______________________.

• the Pony Express ended.

• the Pony Express had 500 riders delivering mail.

• The Pony Express was delayed due to snow.

• the Pony Express began.

What was the reason for the end of the Pony Express mail delivery service?

• Stage coaches were faster at delivering mail than the Pony Express.

• The Transcontinental Railroad began mail service.

• The phone was invented and people could send messages through the phone lines.

• The transcontinental telegraph lines were completed.