Transcontinental Railroad

The Union Pacific railroad started in:

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Sacramento, California

• Louisville, Kentucky

• Buffalo, New York

What ethnicity of immigrants worked on the Central Pacific railroad?

• Italian

• Irish

• Chinese

• German

What ethnicity of immigrants worked on the Union Pacific railroad?

• Irish and Italian

• Irish and Mexican

• German and Mexican

• Irish and German

What hardships did the Central Pacific workers face?

• Crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains

• Fighting with the other railroad workers

• Lack of technology

• Crossing the Mississippi River

What conflicts did the Union Pacific workers face?

• Crossing the Colorado River

• Lack of electricity

• Conflicts with the Native American tribes

• Crossing the Appalachian Mountains

How long did the Transcontinental Railroad take to build?

• 6 years

• 8 years

• 2 years

• 3 years

Where did the two railroads meet?

• Buffalo, New York

• Promontory Point, Utah

• Sacramento, California

• Lancaster, Ohio

What group of immigrants was treated the most unfairly?

• Chinese

• Italian

• Mexican

• German

How was the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad an improvement to the way of life in the West?

The Central Pacific railroad started in:

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Sacramento, California

• Louisville, Kentucky

• Buffalo, New York