ch. 11 Quiz

What machine can travel up a river, against a current?

• steamboat

• locomotive

What do we call a small steam engine on wheels?

• steamboat

• locomotive

What is the front low part of the train called?

• engineer

• coal

• cowcatcher

• steam

What will water turn into if it is kept in a boiler?

• coal

• steam

• gas

Who passed the Railroad Act of 1862

• Tom Thumb

• Lincoln

The Railroad Act of 1862 gave how many companies the right to build the first transcontinental railroad?

• two

• four

Which railroad company laid tracks going east from Sacramento, California?

• Union pacific

• Old Ironsides

• Central Pacific

Which railroad company laid tracks going west from Omaha, Nebraska?

• Union pacific

• central pacific

• old ironsides

What kind of fuel was used to keep a steam engine going?

• steam

• coal

• gas

What is the name of the full sized train built by Mathias Baldwin?

• Westinghouse

• Cooper

• Old Ironsides