Transcontinental Railroad Affects California

What does transcontinental mean?

• to travel across a continent

• to travel from one continent to another continent

• to travel north and south

• to travel to transport goods

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.

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• Promontory, Utah

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

• Japan and Germany

• China and Ireland

• China and Germany

• Ireland and Japan

What got in the way for the Central Pacific workers while building the Transcontinental Railroad?

• floods

• mountains

• blizzards

• hurricanes

Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...

• farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
• they needed more people to build railroad tracks
• they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
• settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south

What caused the Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroads scared away the buffalo.
• The railroad destroyed their land.
• The railroad were built in the middle of their reservations.
• The railroad prevented them from migrating.

How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the natural environment?

• the trained ripped up the sod on the plains
• mining for coal, pollution, and blasting through mountains impacted the environment.
• mining for gold, building large trestles, and avalanches impacted the environment
• shipping crops East and fencing off farm land impacted the environment

The railroad companies hired workers from other countries because _______________________.

• they didn't have enough money.

• many Americans were still fighting in the Civil War.

• the immigrants wanted something fun to do.

• they could make the tools needed for the job.

How did Americans benefit from the transcontinental railroad? Select all that apply.

• Helped move goods faster and cheaper.

• Faster communication

• New business opportunities

• The population on the west coast grew