Transcontinental Railroad

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.

In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

• Promontory, Utah

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• New York City, New York

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Promontory, Utah

• Topeka, Kansas

• Des Moines, Iowa

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• Promontory, Utah

Which innovation (invention) was used to send news that the Transcontinental Railroad was DONE?

• pony express

• stage coach

• Liberty Bell

• telegraph

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 two obstacles did the Union Pacific Railroad company face as they worked to the west?

• finding workers and had tornadoes

• blizzards and dynamite

• finding workers and being attacked by Native Americans

• high mountains and hiring Chinese workers

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

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

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

The railroad companies hired workers from other countries because _______________________.

• they didn't have enough money.

• many Americans were still fighting in the Civil War.

• the immigrants wanted something fun to do.

• they could make the tools needed for the job.