Westward Expansion and the Trans-Continental RR

Where did the Central Pacific begin its construction of the Transcontinental RR?

• San Francisco, CA

• Portland, OR

• Ogden, UT

• Sacramento, CA

Where did the Union Pacific begin its construction?

• Chicago, IL

• Kansas City, KS

• Omaha, NE

• Cheyenne, WY

What did the Native Americans call the locomotive?

• white man's vessel

• Second Creator

• white man's pipe

• white man's downfall

What did the introduction of the RR to the West bring to these lands?

• elite Europeans

• buffalo hunters

• French fur traders

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

True or False: The Chinese labor force was called "work gangs".

• True

• False

How many acres of land did the government grant per mile of railway?

• 2000

• 5500

• 7300

• 6400

Why did the U.S. government have to take charge of building the Trans-Continental RR?

• there were too many laborers to keep track of

• the land was too vast for private individuals to maintain

• there was a lack of communication present

• the government was needed to provide the financial backing for the project