Transcontinental Railroad 04/06/2021

What does transcontinental mean?

• to travel across a continent

• to travel north and south

• to travel to transport goods

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Missouri Railroad

• California Railroad

• New Jersey Railroad

How did most people travel to the west?

• Boat

• pony express

• car

• covered wagon

How did people travel before the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

• bikes and scooters

• horses and cars

• boats and wagons

• boats and planes

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Mexican Americans and Native Americans

• Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants

• African Americans and European immigrants

• Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

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

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

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 railroad kept them from migrating.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

Which president was in office that allowed the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

• Japan and Germany

• China and Germany

• China and Ireland

• Ireland and Japan