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Railroad Boom and Dust Bowl

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a cause of the railroad boom?

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Standardized time zones

c)

Westinghouse air breaks

d)

All the above

2.

What was the name of the place where the two railroad companies met creating a transcontinental railroad?

a)

Abilene

b)

Promontory Point

c)

San Francisco

d)

Dodge City

3.

Select all that apply.

Which was a result of the railroad boom?

a)

Movement West

b)

People migrated North

c)

Transportation was more expensive and difficult

d)

Frontier closed

4.

Select all that apply!

What was the difference between the Chinese and Irish rail workers?

a)

Intelligence

b)

Diet

c)

Hygiene

d)

Work ethic

5.

Which of the following is an example of a group of individual migrating West?

a)

Exodusters

b)

Farmers

c)

Cowboys

d)

All the following

6.

Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Overmechanization

b)

Over production

c)

Drought

d)

All the above

7.

Which of the following is NOT a cowtown?

a)

Abilene

b)

Denver

c)

Kansas Territory

d)

Dodge City

8.

What was the name of the photographer who took photos of the Dust Bowl?

a)

John Lewis

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Dorothea Lange

d)

Lewis Hines

9.

Who helped close the frontier due to their improvement on an invention?

a)

Joseph Glidden

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

Dorothea Lange

10.

Select ALL that applies.

Which if the following terms describes the mining boom?

a)

Comstock Lode

b)

Pikes Peak

c)

Everglades

d)

Dangerous work conditions