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- 1. Multiple Choice
Stagecoaches carried the following:
Passengers
Mail
Packages
All of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
Travel by stagecoaches was not easy because
The trip took over 6 weeks
They were crowded and the roads were rough
There was no food
There were always crying babies
- 3. Multiple Choice
What mode of transportation replaced the stagecoach
Transcontinental railroad
Pony Express
Airline Travel
Covered Wagons
- 4. Multiple Choice
It cost approximately $200 for passengers to ride from St. Louis Missouri to San Francisco, CA.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Butterfield Overland Mail ran for two years and was then sold to
Western Union
Wells Fargo
US Bank
United Parcel Service
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the Pony Express?
It was a company that transported horses to California
It was a company that also had stagecoaches for passengers but was able to get to CA in 10 days
It was a mail service that was able to deliver mail to CA in 8-10 days.
It was the company responsible for building the transcontinental railroad.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Pony Express riders carried the letters and packages they were delivering in...
Mochilas
Letterboxes
Duffel bags
Steamer trunks
- 8. Multiple Choice
In order to send messages faster, the telegraph was created which sent the messages
by horse
along electrical lines
on stagecoaches
aboard ships traveling around the Cape Horn
- 9. Multiple Choice
When the first telegraph from San Francisco to Washington DC was sent on October 24, 1861, this company ended almost immediately
Pony Express
Butterfield Overland Mail Company
United Parcel Service
Western Union stagecoach deliveries
- 10. Multiple Choice
Pony Express Riders faced many dangers on their trip from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, CA including
Attacks from hostile American Indian groups
extreme weather conditions
wild animals
all of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
In order for a message to be sent by telegraph, it first had to be translated into
Spanish
Morse Code
Braille
Binary code
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who started the Overland Mail Company?
Samuel F. B. Morse
John Overland
John Butterfield
Tony Pony
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who was a painter and inventor who changed communication by inventing the telegraph?
John Butterfield
Robert Telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse
Henry Wells
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