TCi Lesson 8 Connecting California to the Nation

Theodore Judah was a(n) _______________ who planned and helped build California's first railroad.

• engineer

• telegraph

• criminal

• sailor

The railroad made _______________ much faster.

• the telegraph

• transportation

• finding gold

• finding lost travellers

A(n) _______________ is a large framework that helps support the railroad.

• caboose

• coal car

• trestle

• engine

The Pony Express was doomed when Samuel Morse (Alfred Vail) invented the _______________.

• steam engine

• fastest horse

• transcontinental railroad

• telegraph

• iPhone

When California became a state, what made communication with the rest of the United States difficult?

• California was very far away from the rest of the United States.

• The natives kept stealing the mail of the Pony Express.

• The miners worked too hard.

• People spoke different languages

How did the Pony Express work?

• They used a stagecoach to carry the mail.

• The riders walked next to the horse since it was weighed down by all the mail.

• One fast rider rode the entire way from Missouri to California and back.

• Riders passed mail to other horse riders like a relay race all the way from Missouri to California and back.

What made a stagecoach ride difficult for the passengers?

• They were constantly attacked by the natives.

• There were not enough stops along the way.

• It was very bouncy to ride over rutted roads and they sat on hard wooden seats.

• There was no room for their bags and luggage.

Why did Theodore Judah need investors for the railroad?

• to find the best route for the railroad

• to provide enough money for the railroad

• to do the design and engineering of the railroad

• to find enough workers

Leland Stanford said it would have been impossible to complete the Central Pacific Railroad without which group of people?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• Native Americans

• Irish

What did Central Pacific workers do in the Sierra Nevada that was very dangerous and a huge accomplishment?

• hammered the final golden spike

• laid ten miles of track a day

• lit fires to melt the deep snow

• blasted tunnels through solid rock