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WorksheetsTranscontinental Railroad Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1850s ______ between CA and the eastern US was difficult.
a)
communication
b)
farming
c)
walking
2.
In the 1850s before improvement in communication was made, people had to get mail through______.
a)
letters on ships
b)
the pony express
c)
telephone
d)
telegraph
3.
The Overland Mail Company created a system of transporting mail by ________.
a)
pony
b)
train
c)
stagecoach
d)
online messaging
4.
Who created the Overland Mail Company?
a)
John Butterfield
b)
James Butterworth
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Theodore Judah
5.
The ____________ was then created as a type of relay system to deliver mail on horses.
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Horse Express
c)
Pony Express
d)
US Postal Service
6.
The ___________ quickly replaced the Pony Express.
a)
railroad
b)
telegraph
c)
telephone
d)
internet
7.
The telegraph sent messages over wire in using electricity in _________.
a)
English
b)
Morse Code
c)
Braille
d)
Latin
8.
To improve transportation between the coasts, ___________ decide to create the transcontinental railroad.
a)
James Butterfield
b)
Theodore Judah
c)
the Octopus
d)
John Sutter
9.
Judah got the "Big 4" to ______, or to give money to his railroad project.
a)
market
b)
invest
c)
sell
d)
pay
10.
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific companies hired workers from ______ and _______ to build their railroads.
a)
China and Ireland
b)
China and Germany
c)
Japan and Germany
d)
California and Iowa
11.
Railroads needed to hire workers from other countries because _______
a)
they didn't have enough money
b)
many Americans were fighting in the Civil War
c)
Americans did want to work
12.
In 1869 the two companies railroad met up in _________.
a)
Des Moines, Iowa
b)
Sacramento, CA
c)
Promontory, Utah
d)
Pasadena, CA
13.
So many railroads were built in California that they were nicknamed _______.
a)
the explosion
b)
the monopoly
c)
the giant squid
d)
the octopus
14.
The railroads stretched from Stockton to Los Angeles and faced little ________.
a)
success
b)
difficulty
c)
competition
15.
One negative effect of the railroad was _______.
a)
CA businesses grew
b)
the ability to get cheap goods from other places caused CA businesses to close
c)
more goods came from Mexico
d)
there wasn't enough water to support farming
16.
Because of improved transportation, _______ or farming, became a big industry in CA.
a)
agriculture
b)
aviation
c)
irrigation
d)
exploration
17.
California began exporting crops. To export means to ______
a)
sell to another location
b)
buy from another country
c)
trade with someone else
18.
Since there was not enough water in some places farmers formed ___________ which would allow farmers to built canals to bring water to their land.
a)
rivers
b)
irrigation districts
c)
committees
d)
companies
19.
Some places had too much water so farmers built_______ to hold back floods.
a)
levees
b)
dams
c)
canals
d)
irrigation districts
20.
Some farmers lost money because of the railroads and had to sell their land and become _________.
a)
renters
b)
tenant farmers
c)
actors
d)
railroad workers
21.
California is still well known for its production of _______.
a)
wheat
b)
citrus fruits
c)
water
d)
gold
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