Westward Expansion Pop Quiz Day 2

How did railroad companies manage to pay for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

• Bank Loans

• Selling company stock

• Through government subsidies

• Used company resouces

Choose all of the following that were results of the transcontinental railroad.

• Spurs the expansion of the US

• Opens the west to ranchers, miners, and farmers

• The development of rail towns

• The end of traditional family life

• Quicker movement of goods to the east

What act hired the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railways to extend railways across the United States?

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

Which company built the eastern part of the transcontinental railroad from the east?

• Union Pacific

• Central Pacific

• Local Pacific

• Western Pacific

What group of immigrants provided labor for the Central Pacific Railroad?

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Irish

• Italians

Where did the Transcontinental Railroad meet when it was completed?

• Dallas Texas

• Promontory, Utah

• Sacramento, California

• Omaha, Nebraska

What led settlers to travel west before the Civil War?

• silver

• land

• gold

• oil

After the Civil War, the largest mine in the west was actually a silver mine known as

• The California Mine

• The Promontory Payout

• The Nevada Jackpot

• The Comstock Lode

What percentage of homesteaders failed at settling and successfully improving their homestead?

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

What act, passed in 1862, gave 160 acres to heads of households to live on and improve over 5 years?

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act