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WorksheetsTranscontinental Railroad
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What continent was the United States trying to expand to in order to help trade?
a)
South America
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
2.
The ________________ were the major mountain range that the railroad had to be built through.
a)
Sierra Nevada
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Cascade Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
3.
Who was the man that came up with the idea to build the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Leland Stanford
b)
Charlie Crocker
c)
George Washington
d)
Theodore Judah
4.
What town did the Central Pacific Railroad start in?
a)
Sacramento, CA
b)
Omaha, NB
c)
Promontory, UT
d)
New York, NY
5.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
6.
What town did the Union Pacific Railroad start in?
a)
Omaha, NB
b)
Promontory, UT
c)
Sacramento, CA
d)
New York, NY
7.
Who was part of the "Big Four" that was in charge of hiring the Chinese and white workers?
a)
Theodore Judah
b)
Charlie Crocker
c)
Leland Stanford
d)
Abraham Lincoln
8.
What town did both parts of the railroad meet in?
a)
Promontory, UT
b)
New York, NY
c)
San Francisco, CA
d)
Omaha, NB
9.
A government offer of land or money is called a ________________.
a)
boom town
b)
subsidy
c)
vigilantes
d)
manual labor
10.
_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.
a)
Vigilantes
b)
Boom towns
c)
Nitro-glycerin
d)
Comstock Lode
11.
In order to keep law and order throughout the boom towns, ______________ hired themselves as the "police" of the area.
a)
Manual Labor
b)
Subsidy
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Charlie Crocker
12.
What substance was used to blow through the mountains when building the railroad?
a)
Gold
b)
Silver
c)
Nitro-glycerin
d)
Sodium Chloride
13.
This discovery caused people to move West to mine for gold and was found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Boom towns
d)
Nitro-glycerin
14.
The Chinese workers were hired to work on the railroad because they would work as cheap _____________________.
a)
Boom towns
b)
subsidies
c)
vigilantes
d)
manual labor
15.
All of the following are reasons why the Chinese were excluded under the Chinese Exclusion Act EXCEPT:
a)
they practiced a different culture
b)
violence erupted
c)
they stole white workers' jobs
d)
they worked too hard
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