Transcontinental RR and Cattle Kingdoms

What was NOT a challenge of building the railroad?

• They had to work fast in dangerous conditions

• They had to blast tunnels through the Sierra Nevadas

• There were few American workers because of the Civil War in the U.S.

• The American people did not want the railroad to be built.

 

Why was the Pacific Railroad Act an important incentive for the building of the transcontinental railroad?

• The Pacific Railroad Act provided workers for construction of the project.

• The Pacific Railroad Act gave public land to Union Pacific in order to finance the project.

• The Pacific Railroad Act allowed for Native Americans to lay claim to the land held with a title.

• The Pacific Railroad Act assured economic success for the US government.

How did the technological advancement of the transcontinental railroad benefit America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

Which of the following best describes the life of a cowboy?

• Pay was low, hours long, and life was hard and dangerous
• Showdowns and gunfights were common
• Most of their time was spent in cow towns
• Hunting indians and protecting white settlements

Westward Expansion was advanced by all of the following except...

• Native American tribes
• Homestead Act
• ranching
• mining

Technology that proved to be a hindrance to open range cattle drives, but a benefit to farming was ...

• lariat

• steel plow
• barbed wire
• railroad