Chapter 9 Railroads Link Montana to the Nation

Unsafe working conditions and low pay pushed railway employees to form ________.

• transcontinental
• right-of-ways
• land grants
• labor unions
• financiers

To help railway companies, the U.S. government sometimes gave ________.

• transcontinental
• right-of-ways
• land grants
• labor unions
• financiers

The U.S. government needed to negotiate ________ to build railways through tribal land.

• transcontinental
• right-of-ways
• land grants
• labor unions
• financiers

Railroads were expensive to build, so they turned to ________ for backing.

• transcontinental
• right-of-ways
• land grants
• labor unions
• financiers

The Union Pacific was part of the first ________ railroad.

• transcontinental
• right-of-ways
• land grants
• labor unions
• financiers

Railway going through the northern reservation.

• Milwaukee Road
• James J. Jill
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Great Northern Railway
• John D. Ryan

President of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

• Milwaukee Road
• James J. Jill
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Great Northern Railway
• John D. Ryan

Biggest landowner in Montana.

• Milwaukee Road
• James J. Jill
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Great Northern Railway
• John D. Ryan

Operated using electrified lines.

• Milwaukee Road
• James J. Jill
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Great Northern Railway
• John D. Ryan

Nicknamed the "Empire Builder."

• Milwaukee Road
• James J. Jill
• Northern Pacific Railroad
• Great Northern Railway
• John D. Ryan