The Celestials' Railroad (HMH M4 W2)

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

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

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

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _______ to build their railroads

• Japan

• Germany

• China

• Russia

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

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

On May 10, 1869, what single word was telegraphed across the continent?

• Gold

• Done

• Railroad

• Go

What is the genre of The Celestials' Railroad?

• fiction

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• magazine article

What sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Working on the transcontinental railroad was a popular job

• Building the transcontinental railroad was dangerous and expensive

• Two companies worked together to build the transcontinental railroad

• Chinese workers played an important part in building the transcontinental railroad

How is the information arranged in the passage?

• by presenting events in the order they happened

• by presenting questions followed by answers

• by comparing different events from the past

• by listing steps to find an answer