S.S. Chapter 16 Test

Why did people prefer the telegraph to the Pony Express?

• It lasted longer
• Messages were safer
• Fewer people were needed
• It was faster

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following does NOT describe the hardships of farming on the Great Plains?

• The sod had to be broken to prepare fields for crops.
• Shelters has to be built.
• There was a lot of wheat to cut.
• The weather could be harsh.

Why did many Europeans move to the Great Plains?

• The land had run out at home
• They were fleeing from a war
• They wanted to sell the land later
• The promise of good land was attractice

Why did the exodusters go to the Great Plains?

• The were making a journey to freedom
• They wanted to hunt buffalo
• They wanted to build a city
• The wanted to spread their religion