Railroads in Washington State

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.

What does transcontinental mean?

• to travel across a continent

• to travel from one continent to another continent

• to travel north and south

• to travel to transport goods

The transcontinental railroad linked these two parts of the United States?

• east to west

• north to south

• white and Native American

• Canada and Mexico

How were the railroads financed?

• government loans and purchased land

• government grants

• small land purchases

• government loans and land grants

The influence of the railroad was compared to what industry of today?

• cars and trucks
• computers and internet
• airplanes and Amazon
• alternative energy

When you own part of a company, this means you own ________ of that company.

• dividend

• asset

• stock

• bankrupt

What is "Economy"?

• the way in which goods and services are made, sold, and used in a country or area

• The way in which goods are ONLY sold

• The way in which goods are ONLY used

• debt

The transcontinental railroad made a safer route of transportation through what mountain range?

• Appalachian mountains

• Olympic Mountains

• Cascade Mountains

• The tallest mountains

____________________________ - A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah

• Cascade Railroad

• Northern Pacific Railroad

• Central Pacific

• Transcontinental Railroad

__________money given with the understanding that it will be paid back

• Loan

• debt

• grant

• petition