Transcontinental Railroad

What invention put the Pony Express out of business?

• the telegraph

• the Butterfield Stage line

• the transcontinental railroad

Which side did California support in the Civil War?

• The Union

• the Confederacy

• the Chinese

Which mountain range did Theodore Judah and Daniel Strong survey?

• the Sierra Nevada

• the Appalachian

Whose letters have given us valuable information about Theodore Judah?

• the Big Four

• Anna Judah

What were the two main problems that Thodore Judah had to solve to build the transcontinental railroad?

• demand and supply

• money and geography

• geography and opposition

Why didn’t Theodore Judah see the transcontinental railroad completed?

• He moved to another country

• He died from Yellow Fever

Why did many men on the railroad work crews leave soon after work had begun?

• the work was too hard

• they went to go mine silver in Nevada instead

Why were work crews able to lay track so quickly in Nevada and Utah?

• they got more laborers

• they had finally passed the Sierra Nevada and were working on smooth land

How were Chinese railroad workers treated by Americans?

• they were discriminated against

• they were treated with civility

In which state did the railway tracks coming from the West meet the tracks coming from the East?

• Colorado

• Utah