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U1,T1

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U1,T1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

To make China more powerful.

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

To make Native Americans move off their land.

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

Promontory, Utah

Houston, Texas

Sacramento, California

New York City, New York

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

Omaha, Nebraska

Promontory, Utah

Topeka, Kansas

Des Moines, Iowa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

Omaha, Nebraska

Houston, Texas

Sacramento, California

Promontory, Utah

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Which president was in office that allowed the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?

Donald Trump

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

Japan and Germany

China and Ireland

China and Germany

Ireland and Japan

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