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WorksheetsRailroad Boom and Dust Bowl
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following was a cause of the railroad boom?
Bessemer Process
Standardized time zones
Westinghouse air breaks
All the above
What was the name of the place where the two railroad companies met creating a transcontinental railroad?
Abilene
Promontory Point
San Francisco
Dodge City
Select all that apply.
Which was a result of the railroad boom?
Movement West
People migrated North
Transportation was more expensive and difficult
Frontier closed
Select all that apply!
What was the difference between the Chinese and Irish rail workers?
Intelligence
Diet
Hygiene
Work ethic
Which of the following is an example of a group of individual migrating West?
Exodusters
Farmers
Cowboys
All the following
Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?
Overmechanization
Over production
Drought
All the above
Which of the following is NOT a cowtown?
Abilene
Denver
Kansas Territory
Dodge City
What was the name of the photographer who took photos of the Dust Bowl?
John Lewis
Jacob Riis
Dorothea Lange
Lewis Hines
Who helped close the frontier due to their improvement on an invention?
Joseph Glidden
George Westinghouse
Henry Bessemer
Dorothea Lange
Select ALL that applies.
Which if the following terms describes the mining boom?
Comstock Lode
Pikes Peak
Everglades
Dangerous work conditions
