Riding the Rails West!

What does the word descendants mean?

• someone who shares similar ideas

• someone who is born in the same city

• someone who shares similar occupations (jobs)

• someone who is related to a person who lived in the past

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

According to the text, why did the government decide to build a railroad across the country?

• to create jobs for people

• to carry coal to California

• to make it easier for people to travel

• to make it easier during times of war

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What does the word emigration mean?

• to move from the city to the country

• to leave a country to live elsewhere

• to discover a new land

• to visit a new country

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which word best describes the railroad workers in the story?

• determined

• friendly

• lazy

• tired

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What are pioneers?

• the last people to leave a place

• the first people to settle a place

• the richest people in a new land

• the oldest people in a new land

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following is an example of transportation?

• car

• store

• ticket

• umbrella

According to the text, once the railroad was built, how much time did people save by taking the train instead of a wagon?

• a few days

• a week

• a month

• several months

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Which word means almost the same as boomed?

• grew

• identified

• named

• threw

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

In what state did the railroad coming from the west meet the railroad coming from the east? Where did the two groups meet?

• California

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• Utah

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was one effect of the transcontinental railroad?

• Everyone moved to the West.

• Cities grew along the railroad.

• No one rode by wagon anymore.

• Fewer people emigrated to California.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3