Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

8th Grade

11 Qs

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Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which president signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law?

Abraham Lincoln

James Polk

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

To move prisoners west

To encourage westward expansion

To defeat Mexico

To make peace with the Native Americans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What invention allowed people and goods to travel across the country in just a week?

The Transcontinental Railroad
The pony express
The telegraph

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

Promontory, Utah

Sacramento, California

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

Omaha, Nebraska

Promontory, Utah

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who paid for the costs of building the Transcontinental Railroad?

The Union Pacific Railway company

The Central Pacific Railway company

Congress

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