
The Celestials' Railroad (HMH M4 W2)
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The passage explains that the transcontinental railroad system would span the continent. What does the word span means as it is used in the passage?
affect
reach
cross
establish
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who were the "Celestials"?
Two companies that raised money to extend the railroad and mapped the new routes
Chinese works who were largely responsible for the first transcontinental railroad
Railroad tycoons who funded the railroad
Charles Crocker's office workers
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence from the passage best supports the idea that Chinese workers were treated unfairly?
They worked for Charles Crocker
They left their families behind in China
They failed to strike it rich in the goldfields
They were left out of the photograph of the completed railroad
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _______ to build their railroads
Japan
Germany
China
Russia
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does transcontinental mean?
to travel across a continent
to travel across north and south
to travel from on continent to another continent
to travel to transport goods
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main goal of the Central Pacific railroad tycoon?
to build a railroad that went only West
to build a railroad for Chinese people
to build a railroad that connected the east and west coasts
to build a railroad just for the railroad company's travel
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On May 10, 1869, what single word was telegraphed across the continent?
Gold
Done
Railroad
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