mining and railroads (3-1)

Line that connected the United States from coast to coast

• continental divide

• Mason Dixon line

• transcontinental

• straight line

The _________________________ was a rich vein of gold found in the Sierra Nevada in 1859.

• Comstock Lode

• silver vein

• gold rush

• gold vein

____________________ added stability to boomtowns by founding schools and churches.

• men

• children

• women

• immigrants

The ____________________ hired Chinese laborers to work on its tracks.

• railroads

• government

• ranches

• shipyards

In 1883 the American Railway Association divided the country into four ____________________.

• pieces of land

• time zones

• districts

• states

___________________ _ to the United States from other countries were hired to work on the railroads.

Virginia City is a _________________________ in Nevada that was once a booming mining center.

What was most of the silver found in rich mineral ores under the earth called?

• booms

• lodes

• gold dust

• gold pebbles

When the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, where did the two sets of tracks meet?

• Ft. Collins, Colorado

• Salt Lake City, Utah

• Twin Falls, Idaho

• Promontory Summit, Utah

When “booms” were followed by “busts,” what did boomtowns become?

• dusty towns

• bust towns

• ghost towns

• dead towns