Transcontinental Railroad Review

Manifest Destiny is:

• the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent

• a law that banned westward expansion in the United States

• the idea that only Native Americans should settle the West

• a treaty between the United States and Mexico to share land

The two “Pacific” companies that built the railroad were:

• Union Pacific and Central Pacific

• Union Pacific and Southern Pacific

• Central Pacific and Northern Pacific

• Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific

The type of people who worked on the railroad were:

• Immigrants and laborers

• Only government officials

• Only wealthy businessmen

• Only women

The railroad helped people traveling west and businesspeople by:

• making travel and shipping goods faster and easier

• making travel more dangerous and expensive

• limiting access to western lands

• reducing opportunities for business growth

The railroad affected Native Americans in which of the following ways?

• The government gave their land to railroad companies.

• It increased their political power and independence.

• It provided them with new trade routes and economic prosperity.

• It resulted in the expansion of their territories.

The railroad impacted immigration in the U.S. by:

• encouraging more immigrants from continents such as Europe & Asia to come for job opportunities

• reducing the number of immigrants entering the country

• making it harder for immigrants to travel within the U.S.

• causing immigrants to leave the U.S. in large numbers