The Transcontinental Railroad

True/False

The First Transcontinental Railroad stretched from the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast

• True

• False

True/False

The railroad was built between 1863 and 1869.

• True

• False

True/False

The first talk of a transcontinental railroad started around 1860.

• True

• False

Who was the promoter of starting the railroad?

• Asa Whitney

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was Theodore Judah?

• railroad worker

• He surveyed the Sierra Nevada Mountains and found a pass where the railroad could be built.

• President of the railroad company

True/False

The railroad had two major routes

• True

• False

What route did the central route travel?

• Texas to California

• Missouri to California

• Omaha to California

The route that stretched from Texas, New Mexico, and ended up in California was called the what route.

• southern route

• northern route

• western route

• eastern route

What president was involved in passing the Pacific Railroad act?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

What year was the Pacifica Railroad Act passed?

• 1862

• 1776

• 1865