Westward Expansion

In the 1860s, how many buffalo roamed the west?

• 1 million

• 100,000

• 50,000

• 30 million

How long does it take to cross the West by wagon train?

• 1 month

• 6 months

• 3 weeks

• 1 week

What doe the word transcontinental mean?

• fast and safe

• coast to coast

• shorter

• extermination (the killing of) native people

Workers building the railroad used a substance that was more powerful than black powder to blow holes through the mountains. What was that substance?

• gun powder

• Kaboom powder

• TNT

• nitroglycerin

Once the transcontinental railroad was complete, how long would it take for a person to travel west?

• 6 months

• 6 years

• 6 weeks

• 6 days

When the railroad was finished, where was the golden spike driven into the ground?

• Cheyenne, Wyoming

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Los Angeles, California

• Promontory Point, Utah

What two major groups of immigrants migrated to the US to build the railroad. What are two groups of immigrants who were greatly involved in building the transcontinental railroad?

• Japanese and Polish

• Chinese and Japanese

• Chinese and Irish

• Japanese and Irish

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad begin?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Sacramento, California

Where did the Union Pacific railroad begin?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Sacramento, California

Which group of 81 people got trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

• The 49ers (gold miners)

• Donner Party

• A group on the Oregon Trail

• Exodusters