S.S. Chapter 16 Test

S.S. Chapter 16 Test

5th Grade

17 Qs

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S.S. Chapter 16 Test

S.S. Chapter 16 Test

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5th Grade

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did people prefer the telegraph to the Pony Express?
It lasted longer
Messages were safer
Fewer people were needed
It was faster

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the transcontinental railroad do that the telegraph could not?
carry messages across the country
carry people and goods across the country
allow communication
use electric lines

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were people eager to build the transcontinental railroad.
it would link the East and West
It would carry goods to the East
It was faster than the telegraph
It was cheaper than horses

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

WHat problem did Central Pacific workers face while building the railroad?
There were too many people who wanted to work.
They had to blast tunnels through the mountains.
Native American villages were in the way
The buffalo refused to move

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes problems faced by the Union Pacific workers?
They came in conflict with Native Americans
The mountains were difficult to cross
It was hard to get the buffalo to move out of the way
The Lakota were poor workers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the transcontinental railroad change life in the United States?
People stopped settling new lands
The Pony Express was no longer needed
People and goods could travel across the country in just a few days
People no longer traveled by stagecoach

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Homestead Act necessary?
The government had too much land
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains
Native Americans on the plains wanted neighbors
There were too many buffalo

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