The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

11th Grade

9 Qs

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The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

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History

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first roads and rail lines in the US were in the

West

Northeast

Southeast

Southwest

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that it was Americans' right to control all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was called

move out West

build the railroad

Manifest Destiny

Appalachian Trail

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Americans to

move out West

Atlantic Union, Pacific Union

ration their food

fight in the Civil War

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The two companies hired to build the railroad worked harmoniously together.

True

False

Southeast

Southwest

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Central Pacific had to lay tracks around the

Pacific Ocean

Mississippi River

Sierra Nevada mountains

Promontory Summit

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Central Pacific was known for hiring many immigrants from

China

Japan

Vietnam

Cambodia

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dishonest, corrupt railroad bosses were known as

fraud lords

rail robbers

robber barons

money grubbers

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who got the Union Pacific and Central Pacific to finally decide on a meeting point.

President Grant

President Lincoln

Promontory Summit

Thomas "Doc" Durant

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect did the Transcontinental Railroad have on many Native American communities?

The tribes grew larger and more prosperous.

The tribes completely disappeared from the US.

Americans adopted the tribes' traditions and beliefs.

The tribes' land was stolen and the people were displaced.