The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

5th Grade

10 Qs

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The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first roads and rail lines in the US were in the

West

Southeast

Southwest

Northeast

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that it was Americans' right to control all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was called

Union Pacific

Central Pacific

Manifest Destiny

Promotory Summit

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Americans to

move out west

build the railroad

ration their food

fight in the Civil War

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________ and _____________ were the two companies hired to build the railroad.

Homestead, Pacific Railway

Union Pacific, Central Pacific

Atlantic Union, Pacific Union

Promotory Summit, Ulysses S. Grant

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The two companies hired to build the railroad worked harmoniously together.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Central Pacific had to lay tracks around the

Pacific Ocean

Mississippi River

Appalachian mountains

Sierra Nevada mountains

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Central Pacific was known for hiring many immigrants from

China

Japan

Vietnam

Cambodia

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