Chapter 12 Test

a camp that grows into a town almost overnight

• homesteader

• transcontinental
• prairie
• boom town

• reservation

a person who received land under the Homestead Act of 1862

• homesteader
• transcontinental
• prairie
• reservation
• tradition

a person who searches for gold, silver, or other valuable

• reservation

• transcontinental
• prairie
• homesteader
• prospector

public land set aside by the government for the use of a particular group of people

• reservation
• transcontinental
• prairie
• homesteader
• tradition

the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs from one generation to another

• transcontinental

• tradition

• prospector

• homesteader
• reservation

across a continent

• transcontinental
• prairie
• homesteader
• reservation
• tradition

a large area of level or slightly rolling land

• prospector

• transcontinental
• prairie

• reservation
• tradition

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad Company start building the railroad?

• a) Omaha, Nebraska
• b) Sacramento, California
• c) New York City, New York
• d) Chicago, Illinois

Which cattle trail starts in Texas and ends in Nebraska?

• Western Trail
• Goodnight-Loving Trail

Who were the majority of workers on the Union Pacific Railroad?

• a) Chinese immigrants
• b) Irish immigrants
• c) Mexican Americans
• d) Native Americans