Transcontinental Railroad

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• Promontory, Utah

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

• Japan and Germany

• China and Ireland

• China and Germany

• Ireland and Japan

What are Boom Towns?

• Towns that popped up along the railroads.

• Towns that exploded.

• Towns where people moved away from because there weren't any jobs left.

• Towns with a lot of gold.

How did people travel before the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

• bikes and scooters

• boats and planes

• horses and cars

• boats and wagons

What was the 2nd type of communication, which took 10 days, and used horses?

• Pony Express

• Overland Mail Express

• Transcontinental Railroad

• FedEx

• Telegraph

Who planned and engineered the transcontinental railroad?

• Theodore Judah

• Mark Hopkins

• Collis P. Huntington

• Charles Crocker

Who was the "Big Four"?

• The group who owned the Central Pacific R.R.

• The four men who built the railroad.

• Farmers who built canals to irrigate their crops.

• A group of herbalists who developed healing medicines.

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Americans to

• move out west

• build the railroad

• ration their food

• fight in the Civil War