Transcontinental Railroad
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4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.
Japan and Germany
China and Ireland
China and Germany
Ireland and Japan
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
In what town did both parts of the railroad met?
Omaha, Nebraska
Houston, Texas
Sacramento, California
Promontory, Utah
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who planned and engineered the transcontinental railroad?
Theodore Judah
Mark Hopkins
Collis P. Huntington
Charles Crocker
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the president who supported the railroad?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Judah
Barack Obama
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What was the 2nd type of communication, which took 10 days, and used horses?
Pony Express
Overland Mail Express
Transcontinental Railroad
FedEx
Telegraph
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who was the "Big Four"?
The group who owned the Central Pacific R.R.
The four men who built the railroad.
Farmers who built canals to irrigate their crops.
A group of herbalists who developed healing medicines.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Americans to
move out west
build the railroad
ration their food
fight in the Civil War
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