The Golden Spike

By the mid 1800 most of the short train routes in the United States were in the ​ (a)   ​

• East
• West
• South
• North

For payment, the railroad companies also received ​ (a)   worth millions of dollars.

• land
• gold
• silver
• diamond

How many miles did it take to travel from East Coast to California? ​ (a)  

• 3,000 miles
• 1,000 miles
• 200 miles
• 30 miles

What were the names of the two companies the Pacific Railroad Act gave the job of building the railroad? ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• Union Pacific
• Central Pacific
• South Pacific
• West Pacific

About how many cars did a work train contained? ​ (a)  

• 20 cars
• 40 cars
• 10
• 5 cars

What was the name of the Act that President Abraham Lincoln signed? ​ (a)  

• Pacific Railroad Act
• Union Pacific Act
• Level Ground Railroad Act
• Pacific Central Act

The shortage of workers forced the Central Pacific to turn to a new source of labor, ​ (a)   immigrants.

• Chinese
• French
• Native Americans
• Mayas

The work crept along at the rate of ​ (a)   mile of track per day.

• 1
• 40
• 5
• 15

Trains had to run on ​ (a)  

• level ground
• underground
• electricity
• soil

To make the work go faster, the Union Pacific bosses offered ​ (a)   to workers.

• rewards
• punishment
• furniture
• land