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WorksheetsCh. 18.2 QUIZ
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
A tough breed of cattle that roamed free in the Texas territory
Black Angus
Red Devon
Holstein
Longhorn
The nickname for the plains farmers was
Country Bumpkins
Ranchos
Sodbusters
Longhorns
A method of farming in which seeds are planted deep in ground where there is some moisture
crop rotation
dry farming
wet farming
windmills
To acquire a piece of U.S. public land by living on and cultivating it
Homestead Act
squatting
Sooners
Boomers
The term that describes an Hispanic ranch hand is
veterans
vaqueros
sodbusters
sooners
Extending across a continent; connecting the oceans.
Government subsidies
Transcontinental
Division of time
Philosophy of transcendence
Receiving financial aid from the government to benefit the public
subsidies
transcontinental
time zones
transcendentalist
These were created by railroad companies to make rail service more reliable and safer
subsidies
vigilantes
time zones
telegraphs
The completion site of the transcontinental railroad
Promontory Summit, CO
Virginia City, NV
Deadwood, SD
Promontory Point, UT
People who take the law into their own hands
forty-niners
railroad workers
vigilantes
newspaper reporters
Which group played a significant role in building the Central Pacific Railroad?
Irish immigrants
African American freedmen
Chinese laborers
Native American tribes
Which groups played a significant role in building the Union Pacific Railroad?
Irish immigrants
African American freedmen
Chinese laborers
Native American tribes
How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the U.S.?
It led to increased settlement in the west
It led to an increase in American land
It led to increased trade with Europe
It led to increased transportation costs
How else did the Transcontinental Railroad impact America?
It increased trade between the east and west.
It led to a decline in immigration to the west.
It led to overpopulation in the east.
It led to increased costs of trade and transportation.
What is a major way that the Transcontinental Railroad impacted Native American tribes in the west?
It caused them to lose gold and silver resources that they depended on for trade
It caused more settlers to move west who forced them off their lands
It caused their houses to be destroyed
It caused them to work in low-paying and dangerous jobs
If it is 3:00 pm in California (CA), what time is it in Texas (TX)?
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
3:00 pm
If it is 8:00 am in Washington (WA), what time is it in Arizona (AZ)?
8:00 am
9:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
