Heartland (Video Notes)

In 1865, before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, how long did it take to cross the continent?

• 6 years

• 1 month

• 6 months

• 1 year

Who made up the army of hammer-wielding men that build the railroads?

• Civil War Veterans

• Irish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Italian Immigrants

What was the biggest obstacle or "the 12,000 foot wall of granite" heading east from California?

• Alaska Range

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• The Sierra Nevada

• Rocky Mountains

Match the correct starting points for the Transcontinental Railroads and their meeting point:

• Union Pacific = Omaha in the East

  Central Pacific = Sacramento in the West

  Promontory Point = Utah

• Central Pacific = Omaha in the East

  Union Pacific = Sacramento in the West

  Promontory Point = Utah

• Central Pacific = Omaha in the East

  Union Pacific = Utah in the West

  Promontory Point = Sacramento

After completing the transcontinental R.R., how fast could people travel the continent and what did it trigger?

• 6 days

• mass migrations to the South

• 10 days

• 6 months

• mass migrations to the Great Plains

What percentage of land was given away under the Homestead Act?

• 10%

• 20%

• 40%

• 70%

In 1874, what devour half of the crops in the West?

• Locusts

• Tornados

• Frogs

• Buffalos

In Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, how many trees are harvested?

• 50 million acres of trees

• 1 million acres of trees

• 10 million acres of trees

• 5 million acres of trees

Between 1825 and 1925, a 1/3 of which group of immigrants work in the logging industry?

• Immigrants from Norway

• Immigrants from Mexico

• Immigrants from China

• Immigrants from Ireland

How many buffalos used to roam the Great Plains (Midwest)?

• 30 million

• 1 million

• 20 million

• 5 million