Cattle Trails, Black Cowboys, Transcontinental Railroad

Cattle Trails, Black Cowboys, Transcontinental Railroad

5th Grade

17 Qs

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Cattle Trails, Black Cowboys, Transcontinental Railroad

Cattle Trails, Black Cowboys, Transcontinental Railroad

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

To make China more powerful

To make Native Americans move off their land

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation

To give immigrants a job

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

In what town did both parts of the railroad meet?

Omaha, Nebrasca

Promontory, Utah

Sacramento, California

Houston, Texas

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What caused the Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

The railroad kept them from migrating.

The workers started fighting with them.

Native Americans didn't like trains.

The railroad was being built on their land.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which president that signed the Pacific Railway Act?

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Who was the Chisholm Trail named after?

Bill Pickett

Jesse Chisholm

Joseph McCoy

Nat Love

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What was one reason cattle trails were needed?

Cattle did not graze in the east.

People in the east needed meat because the soldiers ate most of it during the Civil War.

There were too many cattle in Texas.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

African Americans who were recently freed and got jobs as cattle ranchers were known as ___________________

The Black Texans

The Black Cowboys

The Freedmen's Bureau

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