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Transcontinental Railroad

Authored by Michelle Rimach

Social Studies

11th Grade

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Transcontinental Railroad
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

🚂 Choo Choo! All aboard the history express! Can you guess the main treasure chest that funded the mighty Transcontinental Railroad's construction?

Private investments

State funding

Federal government grants and loans

International loans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Many settlers were interested in moving west to become farmers due to the ___________ Act.

Homestead

Dawes

Hatch

Sherman

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

President who approved funding for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, the creation of standard time/ time zones, and the width (gauge) of all railroad tracks

James K Polk

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

James Garfield

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Identify the location most associated with the following:

Nebraska

Central Pacific Railroad (start point)

Utah

Union Pacific Railroad (start point)

California

Pullman Company Headquarters (luxury train cars)

Illinois

Promontory Point

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Date of completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (when the two lines finally met in the middle)

1865

1869

1872

1896

6.

MATCH QUESTION

45 sec • 3 pts

Match the demographic group most employed by each

African Americans

Pullman Company

(luxury train car porters)

Chinese immigrants

Union Pacific Railroad (construction)

Irish Immigrants and Civil War veterans

Central Pacific Railroad (construction)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the railroad foster economic growth in the development of the west?

by providing sharecroppers a means of travel
by providing farmers with the means of getting their crops to market
by providing Native Americans a means to sell fur
by providing the bison a place to roam freely

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