TCI: Connecting California to the Nation

Theodore Judah was a(n) (a)   who planned and helped build California's first railroad.

The railroad made (a)   much faster

A(n) (a)   is a large framework that helps support the railroad.

The Pony Express was doomed when Samuel Morse invented the (a)   .

When California became a state, what made communication with the rest of the United States difficult?

• Miners were working too hard.

• Other states were very far away.

• People spoke different languages.

• D. Immigrants had special traditions.

How did the Pony Express work?

• Riders carried the mail slowly.

• Several riders went side by side.

• One fast rider raced the whole way.

• Riders passed mail to other riders

What made a stagecoach ride difficult for the passengers?

• not enough room for their bags

• not enough stops along the way

• bouncing over rutted dirt roads

• crossing over high trestles

Why did Theodore Judah need investors for the railroad?

• to do the engineering

• to provide the money CORRECT

• to find enough workers

• o choose the best route

Leland Stanford said it would have been impossible to complete the Central Pacific Railroad without which group of people?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• American Indians

• African Americans

What did Central Pacific workers do in the Sierra Nevada?

• laid ten miles of track a day

• lit fires to melt the deep snow

• blasted tunnels through the rock

• hammered the final golden spike