WorksheetsThe Pony Express
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Pony Express was a mail service between
Missouri and California
New York and Chicago
Michigan and Texas
New York and California
Pony Express was created to provide mail service faster than
train
stage coach
steam ship
cars
____________was the man who came up with the idea of the Pony Express.
Leland Stanford
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
William Hepburn Russell
Who was hired to be the riders for the Pony Express?
Mail men
Professional horse riders
Young men
Women older than 30
The riders would ride for ________miles between relay stations.
10
100
25
250
What did the riders do at the relay stations?
Take a shower
Eat a meal
Change horses
Sleep
Where did the riders sleep?
In the barn with the horse
At home stations
At a hotel
Along the route when they were tired.
Each Pony express rider would ride for ____________miles before being substituted for a new rider.
1,000
10-50
500
50-100
On April 3, 1860 _______________________.
the Pony Express ended.
the Pony Express had 500 riders delivering mail.
The Pony Express was delayed due to snow.
the Pony Express began.
What was the reason for the end of the Pony Express mail delivery service?
Stage coaches were faster at delivering mail than the Pony Express.
The Transcontinental Railroad began mail service.
The phone was invented and people could send messages through the phone lines.
The transcontinental telegraph lines were completed.
Transcontinental means
a railroad company
a train
crossing the country
steam engine
The Pony express was proclaimed a big success. What does proclaimed mean
announced
a secret
built
made
When the riders were substituted , they were__________.
given dinner
replaced
asked to ride longer
told they were given an award
The Pony Express delivered mail 2,000 miles in 11 days, before that it took a stagecoach __________days.
50
14
60
25
