
5-1: Railroads Link the Nation
Authored by Michael Cubellis
Social Studies
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the transcontinental railroad?
A railroad that stretched from Florida to Maine.
A railroad that crossed the entire continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
A railroad that connected North American and South America.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did technology affect the growth of railroads?
It made railroad transportation safer.
It made railroads move faster.
It helped make planes fly.
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
2 mins • Ungraded
Why do you think the Union Pacific Railroad laid more total miles of track than the Central Pacific Railroad?
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4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which states or territories did the transcontinental railroad cross?
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Utah
Nevada
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which states or territories did the Central Pacific lay tracks?
California
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
North Dakota
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which states or territories did the Union Pacific lay tracks?
Utah
Ohio
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who were the Big Four that helped fund in building the railroad?
Leland Stanford
Collis P. Huntington
Billy Richards
Mark Hopkins
Charles Crocker
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