Transcontinental Rail Road Quiz

The first electric light bulb was created by ______________ that will dramatically raise the standard of living.

• Nikola Tesla

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

  In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states.  This fact can most likely be 

   attributed to the -

• influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories

• the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west

• the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America

• the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land

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

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

What MOST attracted Chinese immigrants to the U.S. in the 19th century?

• religious freedom
• gold mining and railroad jobs
• coal mining and building canals
• political freedom

What word best describes immigration reform based on the influx of Chinese and Irish Immigrants?

• Restrictive

• Expansive

• Helpful

• Encouraging

Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
• welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
• allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
• closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time

How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?

• the amount of buffalo did not change

• the amount of buffalo decreased

• the amount of buffalo increased

• buffalo migrated east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Natives move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• The Great Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Fever

• The Monroe Doctrine

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

• east

• Towns

• Reservations

• Camps