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WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 7 (4th Grade, Houghton Mifflin)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Why was it difficult to receive mail and transport goods to California quickly?
People in California refused to receive mail and goods from other states.
California was separated from the rest of the nation by mountains and deserts.
No one wanted to send mail or goods to California.
California was not allowed to receive mail since it was not an official state yet.
The use of stagecoaches and the creation of the Pony Express helped speed up the mail service to California.
TRUE
FALSE
The transcontinental railroad made transportation between California and the rest of the nation more difficult.
TRUE
FALSE
Chinese immigrants were given fair wages and working conditions compared to other laborers building the transcontinental railroad.
TRUE
FALSE
What made the building of the transcontinental railroad difficult?
No one had built railroads before.
Laborers had to build tunnels through mountains and bridges across valleys.
Nobody wanted the transcontinental railroad to be built.
The railroad companies refused to hire laborers from other countries.
Theodore Judah was an engineer who convinced "The Big Four" investors to finance and build California's first bridges.
TRUE
FALSE
What were THREE ways communication became faster after 1850?
Stagecoaches
Telegraph
Telephone
Pony Express
Faster Ships
What were THREE ways that the railroad companies earned money?
Customers paid to travel
They invented the telegraph
Businesses paid to transport goods
People bought land owned by the companies
They sold trains to other countries
Why did work on the railroad go so slowly the first two years?
They ran out of materials and had to wait for more to be made.
Bad weather caused many delays.
People protested against the building of the tracks.
There were only about 800 workers.
What major group was responsible for building the majority of the transcontinental railroad?
Irish Immigrants
Native Americans
African Slaves
Chinese Immigrants
In 1850, how many railroads linked California to the rest of the country?
0
1
2
4
How many coach and wagon routes reached California?
0
4
8
12
Mail and goods were slowed by transportation problems like:
Wagons stuck in mud
Ships sinking on their way to California
Goods getting lost or stolen
All of the above
Business and government worked together to build a railroad across the United States.
TRUE
FALSE
The transcontinental railroad stretched east from __________, California and west from Omaha, _________ .
Sacramento; Nebraska
Promotory; Utah
Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.
San Diego; Mississippi
What happened after Chinese immigrant workers went on strike?
Fair wages and better working conditions were given.
Nothing was changed.
They were fired.
They were given awards and bonuses.
What invention ended the Pony Express?
telephone
steam train
telegraph
automobile
Trade and business increased in California after the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
TRUE
FALSE
What is this a picture of?
Chinese immigrants on strike.
The meeting of the transcontinental railroad in Promotory, Utah.
The invention of the steam train.
Railroad company buying land from local farmers.
Who is the silly emoji?
