The Celestials' Railroad HMH Bil

What does the word span mean as it is used in the passage?

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El texto explica que un clavo de oro conectó la última conexión del ferrocarril que atravesaría el continente. ¿Qué significa la palabra atravesaría en esta oración?

• affect

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  afectaria

• reach

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  alcanzaria

• cross

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  cruzaria

• establish

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  estableceria

Who were the "Celestials"?

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Quienes eran los "celestiales"?

• two companies that raised money to extend the railroad and mapped the new routes

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  dos companias que recaudaron dinero para trazar las rutas y construir el ferrocarril.

• Chinese workers who were largely responsible for the first transcontinental railroad

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  trabajarores chinos que fueron los que mayormente construyeron el primer ferrocarril transcontinental.

• railroad tycoons who funded the railroad

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  magnates que fundaron el ferrocarril

• Charles Crocker's office workers

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  los trabajadores de Charles Crocket

What evidence from the passage best supports the idea that the Chinese workers were treated unfairly?

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Cual evidencia del texto apoya la idea de que los Chinos eran tratados con discriminación?

• They worked for Charles Crocker.

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  trabajaban para Charles Crocker

• They left their families behind in China.

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  Dejaron sus familias atrás en China

• They failed to strike it rich in the goldfields.

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  No protestaban para hacerse ricos en busca de oro y plata

• They were left out of the photograph of the completed railroad.

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  los dejaron fuera de la fotografía al completar el proyecto del ferrocarril

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

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Que oración mejor resume el pasaje?

• Working on the transcontinental railroad was a popular job.

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  Trabajar en el ferrocarril transcontinental era un trabajo popular

• Building the transcontinental railroad was dangerous and expensive.

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  Construir el ferrocarril transcontinental era peligroso y caro.

• Two companies worked together to build the transcontinental railroad.

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  Dos compañías trabajaron juntos para construir el ferrocarril transcontinental.

• Chinese workers played an important part in building the transcontinental railroad.

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  Los trabajadores chinos fueron parte muy importante en la construccion de el ferrocarril transcontinental.

How is the information arranged in the passage?

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Como esta organizada la información en el pasaje?

• by presenting events in the order they happened

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  presentando los eventos en el orden en el que pasaron

• by presenting questions followed by answers

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  Presentando preguntas seguidas de respuestas

• by comparing different events from the past

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  Comparando diferentes eventos del pasado

• by listing steps to find an answer

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  alistando pasos para encontrar una respuesta

Where did the two railroads meet once they were done?

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¿Dónde se conectaba finalmente el ferrocarril transcontinental?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Promontory, Utah

• Tombstone, Arizona

• Sacramento, California

Connect the word with its definition

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Conecta la palabra con su definición

• employed

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  emplear

• hiring people to do a job

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  contratando a alguien para hacer un trabajo

• complaint

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  queja

• The act of giving up something valued for something or someone else.

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  que se hizo a costa de sufrimiento y privaciones

• Sacrifice

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  Sacrificio

• an expression of dissatisfaction or pain.

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  expresion de descontento o de dolor

• celestial

• heavenly

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  relacionado con el cielo

What is the genre of this text?

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Cual es el género de este texto?

• fantasy

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  fantasia

• informational text

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  texto informativo

• magazine article

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  articulo de revista

When was the transcontinental railroad finished?

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Cuando terminaron el ferrocarril transcontinental?​

• May 11, 1869

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  11 de Mayo del 1869

• February 10, 1865

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  10 de Febrero del 1865

• May 10, 1869

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  10 de Mayo del 1869

• May 10, 1896

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  10 de Mayo del 1896

Why would many workers took sick days or quit?

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Por que los demás trabajadores se enfermaban o renunciaban?

• they ate stale meat and brackish water

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  comían carne seca y bebían agua salobre

• because they wanted to look for gold

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  por que querían buscar oro

• because they were tired

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  por que estaban cansados

• because they didn't like working at the railroad

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  por que no querían trabajar en el ferrocarril