Worksheets17-1 "Miners, Ranchers, and Railroads"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Community that grew quickly when a mine opened
Boomtowns
Mining Villages
Plantations
Colonies
Huge gold/silver deposit in the state of Nevada
Las Vegas
National Grange
Wells Fargo Mining Town
Comstock Lode
All cowboys were Anglo-Americans
True
False
Most cow-towns were orderly cities with active law enforcement.
True
False
The two major groups of immigrants who worked on the transcontinental railroad were the French and Chinese.
True
False
Which was NOT one of the groups of people that helped remake the West?
Miners
Ranchers
Factory People
Farmers
An undeveloped area.
Plains
Uncivilized
Frontier
Barren Wasteland
What were the two major companies working on the transcontinental railroad?
Central Union & Pacific Central
Carnegie Co & Rockefeller Co
Central Pacific & Union Pacific
Atlantic Central & Pacific Union
Years the Transcontinental Railroad was built
1873-1879
1863-1869
1893-1899
1853-1859
Which was NOT an effect of the Trans. Railroad?
Increased disease among the U.S.
Increased settlement of the West
Increased business activity and east-west trade
Helped make the railroad industry very powerful
