Ch. 5 Study Game

__________ surveyed land through the Cascades to plan a potential transcontinental railroad.

• Ole Stubbs

• Isaac Stevens

• Erastus Brainerd

The Northern Pacific Railroad was __________________.

• the first transcontinental railroad in our state.

• the most successful transcontinental railroad in our state.

• the second transcontinental railroad in our state.

True or False --

"James Hill's Great Northern Railroad was the first transcontinental railroad in our state."

• True

• False

What was one industry/business that benefited from the railroad being built?

How did government subsidies help compainies build their transcontinental railroads?

• The government gave them land and money to build tracks

• The government gave them workers and money

• The government gave them food and land

Which two statements show how James Hill was able to keep his railroad from being in debt?

• he built his tracks when he had money

• he took government subsidies to buy land

• he sold land around the tracks to farmers and then helped them become successful

True or False --

"All of the following made up the first group of immigrants to move to Washington State.

Hawaiians

Germans

Irish

Japanese

Chinese"

• True

• False

Irish and Scandinavian immigrants both worked in....

• railroad building

• farming

• fishing

Which statement was true of immigration in Washington State in the 1800's?

• People were happy to have immigrants take low paying jobs

• The federal government put quotas in place to limit the amount of immigrants allowed in the country

• The transcontinental railroad stopped immigrants from entering our country

True or False --

"Tacoma was the first city to get a transcontinental railroad."

• True

• False