The Celestials’ Railroad/Homesteacing

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

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

Celestial is something that is heavenly.

• True

• False

Which is not a reason the railroad companies hired so many Chinese men?

• Most other men were searching for gold or silver.

• The Chinese were hard workers.

• They didn't like American men.

What is a complaint?

• an expression of dissatisfaction

• saying something nice to someone

• a word of encouragement