U3W5 Wonders "Riding the Rails West" Comp. (3rd Grade)

What caused people to move to California in 1849?

• discovery of gold
• bad weather
• factories were closing
• sickness

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

What town in California was the railroad built in?

• Atwater
• San Francisco
• Sacramento
• Omaha

What town in Nebraska was the railroad built in?

• Sacramento
• Omaha
• Lincoln
• Atwater

If something increases quickly it...

• booms
• poineers
• transports
• runs the mile

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

If you move away from your home to a new place you...

• are sad
• emigrate
• pioneer
• agreeable

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

If you are the first to explore or settle a new region you are a...

• spaceman
• pioneer
• descendant
• cheetah

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which immigrants helped build the railroad? 

• Chinese
• Mexicans
• Russians
• Native Americans

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Why did the government decide to build a railroad across the country?

• to create jobs for people

• to carry coal to California

• to make it easier for people to travel

• to make it easier during times of war

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which word best describes the railroad workers?

• determined

• friendly

• lazy

• tired

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

In what state did the railroad coming from the west meet the railroad coming from the east?

• California

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• Utah