Building the Transcontinental Railroad

What would be a "huge project?"

• Building a railroad across the ocean

• Building a railroad across the world

• Building a railroad across the equator

• Building a railroad across the country

___________________ was a young engineer who had built railroads in the East.

Which mountains did Judah map a route to take across?

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Mount Everest

• Mount Kilamanjaro

Who went to Washington, D.C. to ask the government for land and money?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Henry Flagler

• Theodore Judah

What act did President Abraham Lincoln sign?

• Southern Railroad Act of 1862

• Atlantic Railroad Act of 1862

• Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

• Western Europe Act of 1862

Which two railroad companies did this act set up?

• Union Railroad and Atlantic Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad

• Sierra Nevada Railroad and Central Pacific

How many acres of land would each company FIRST get

• 12,800

• 12,700

• 48,000

• 6,400

When they doubled the amount of land, how much did each company THEN get

• 6,400

• 48,000

• 12,900

• 12,800

How much money was issued in government bonds?

• 412,800

• $48,600

• 48,000

• $48,000

Who received the most money?

• The company that got the closest

• The company that got the farthest

• The company that built the highest