Transcontinental Railroad

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

By linking the nation, railroads helped increase the size of markets, providing greater opportunity for many

• industries.

• cities.

• Native Americans.

• insider traders.

The Central Pacific and Union Pacific companies hired workers from ______ and _______ to build their railroads.

• China and Ireland
• China and Germany
• Japan and Germany
• California and Iowa

Railroads needed to hire workers from other countries because _______

• they didn't have enough money
• many Americans were fighting in the Civil War
• Americans did want to work

After the Civil War, the nation became more linked with the building of the

• Erie Canal

• Transcontinental Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Hoover Dam

Which of these is NOT a reason the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

• To make travel and communication easier from east to west

• To wipe out the Indians of the plains

• To increase settlement of the West

• To boost the economic production of the West

The ______ of 1862 gave land to any settlers willing to move west.

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Volstead Act

• Agricultural Freedom Act

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

What are Boom Towns?

• Towns that popped up along the railroads.

• Towns that exploded.

• Towns where people moved away from because there weren't any jobs left.

• Towns with a lot of gold.

Which animals were greatly affected by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?

• bison

• cattle

• horses

• birds