The Transcontinental Railroad - Benchmark

In what year was the first railroad in the United States opened in Baltimore?

• 1830

• 1999

• 1908

• 2021

What was the first American steam locomotive called?

• Terrance Tan

• Terry Terraus

• Temetrius Ten

• Tom Thumb

What impact did the railroad have on the population of Chicago between the1850s and 1860s?

• The population declined drastically because Chicagoans do not like trains.

• The population tripled due to the new rail system.

In what year was gold discovered in California?

• 1803

• 1999

• 2020

• 1848

Before the Transcontinental Railroad, how long did it take for people to travel to California?

• at least 400 years

• at least 40 years

• at least 4 years

• at least 4 months

Who is credited for mapping the route the railroad would take across the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Barack Obama

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Theodore Judah

Name the plan, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, that set up two railroad companies.

• The CARES Act

• Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

• No Child Left Behind Act of 1983

What was the name of the Railroad Company that begin in California?

• Union Pacific Railroad Company

• Trans Atlantic Railroad Company

• The Central Pacific Railroad Company

Who were the amazing workers that laid the tracks for the Railroads?

• Housewives of Atlanta

• Housewives of Detroit

• Immigrants, former slaves, and ex-soldiers

• Rich landowners

The railroads were being built across the Plains Indians territory. What happened as a result of this act?

• The Plains Indians were excited because they wanted to support the European settlers.

• The Plains Indians were angry and retaliated because the European settlers laid train tracks across their sacred land, killed their buffalo, and their people.

• The European people paid the Plains Natives for their land and set them up in nice housing somewhere else.

• The Plains Indians decided to move onto reservations because they wanted to be safe and together.