Transcontinental Railroad Impacts
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Joseph Anderson
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Open Ended
How long do you think it took to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast before railroads existed?
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Open Ended
What led to the Pony Express going out of business?
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Multiple Choice
Describe the impact of the Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864.
These acts provided education and training for workers
These acts provided loans and land grants to railroad companies
These acts provided workers to build the railroad tracks
These acts provided specific routes for the Transcontinental Railroad
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Multiple Select
The Transcontinental Railroad was predominantly built by which 2 companies?
(Select 2 Choices)
Central Pacific
Georgia Pacific
Union Pacific
Western Pacific
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Multiple Choice
Where were the majority of workers of the Central Pacific Company from?
United States
Ireland
Germany
China
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Open Ended
Describe the Injustices of the Chinese workforce working with the Union Pacific.
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Workers had to break up the rock formations with explosives
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
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a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
Some text here about the topic of discussion.
Snowdrift
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Central Pacific-
Built EAST
Started in Sacramento, CA
Union Pacific-
Built WEST
Started in Omaha, NE
Western Pacific-
Built Westernmost Portion
Sacramento to San Jose
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Draw
Depict the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Have I learned what I needed to learn from the lesson???……….
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Poll
I can Explain the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on travel in America
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I need the information explained to me again
I can explain the impact with the help of my notes
I'm an Expert on the impact and I can help any classmate that may not understand
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I can Discuss the hardships faced by workers building the Transcontinental Railroad
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I need the information explained to me again
I can explain the hardships with the help of my notes
I'm an Expert on the hardships and I can help any classmate that may not understand
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