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mining and railroads (3-1)

Authored by Trisha Brown

Social Studies, History

8th Grade

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mining and railroads (3-1)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Line that connected the United States from coast to coast

continental divide

Mason Dixon line

transcontinental

straight line

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Comstock Lode

silver vein

gold rush

gold vein

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

____________________ added stability to boomtowns by founding schools and churches.

men

children

women

immigrants

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ____________________ hired Chinese laborers to work on its tracks.

railroads

government

ranches

shipyards

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

pieces of land

time zones

districts

states

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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