Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

5th Grade

15 Qs

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Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town and state did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

Promontory, Utah

Houston, Texas

Sacramento, California

New York City, New York

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town and state did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

Omaha, Nebraska

Promontory, Utah

Topeka, Kansas

Des Moines, Iowa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town and state did both parts of the railroad met?

Omaha, Nebraska

Houston, Texas

Sacramento, California

Promontory, Utah

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

pony express

stage coach

Liberty Bell

telegraph

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What obstacle did the Central Pacific Railroad company face as they worked to the east?

finding workers and had tornadoes

blizzards and dynamite

flat land

high mountains

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