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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
To make Native Americans move off their land.
To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.
- 2. Multiple Choice
In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?
Promontory, Utah
Houston, Texas
Sacramento, California
New York City, New York
- 3. Multiple Choice
In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?
Omaha, Nebraska
Promontory, Utah
Topeka, Kansas
Des Moines, Iowa
- 4. Multiple Choice
In what town did both parts of the railroad met?
Omaha, Nebraska
Houston, Texas
Sacramento, California
Promontory, Utah
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which innovation (invention) was used to send news that the Transcontinental Railroad was DONE?
pony express
stage coach
Liberty Bell
telegraph
- 6. Multiple Choice
What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?
The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.
The workers started fighting with them.
The railroad kept them from migrating.
Native Americans didn't like trains.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which president was in office that allowed the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?
Donald Trump
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are Boom Towns?
Towns that popped up along the railroads.
Towns that exploded.
Towns where people moved away from because there weren't any jobs left.
Towns with a lot of gold.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which animals were greatly affected by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?
bison
cattle
horses
birds
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was a challenge the Central Pacific workers faced while building the Transcontinental Railroad?
floods
mountains
blizzards
hurricanes
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does transcontinental mean?
to travel across a continent
to travel from one continent to another continent
to travel north and south
to travel to transport goods
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.
north and south
east and west
north and west
east and south
- 14. Multiple Choice
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.
1865
1867
1869
1871
- 15. Multiple Choice
The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.
Land Grants
Stock
Buffalo Hides
More Workers
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the Act that gave pioneers a way to buy land?
The Homebound Act
The Homeward Bound Act
The Homestead Act
The Home Sick Act
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere.Homestead ActMorrill ActDawes ActFort Laramie Treaty, 1868
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment - 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment
- 21. Multiple Choice
Choose ALL that apply: What was being made from steel around the world that was causing it to be in demand?
Railroads
Cities - Subways only
Farm Machinery
Factories
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was Andrew Carnegie’s first job in America?
taking care of the rabbits
keeping his father's accounts
bobbin boys
telegraph delivery boy
- 23. Multiple Choice
True or False: Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the oil business?
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
True or False: Andrew Carnegie was known as the "father of the steel industry".
True
False
- 25. Multiple Choice
The Industrial Revolution refers to
a short period of time, from 1850-1900
a gradual process that lasted for almost two centuries
a localized event that impacted only large cities
the period of transition following the American Revolution
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the economy of the United States from 1865 to 1900?
Industrialization increased rapidly
The lack of immigration caused a decrease in industrial production
Factories imported large amounts of raw materials
Industrial tecnology was limited due to the lack of natural resources
- 27. Multiple ChoiceI had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________Thomas EdisonJohn D. RockefellerThe Wright BrothersAndrew Carnegie
- 28. Multiple ChoiceMy product helped to build sky scrapers and stronger bridges. I am ___________________Alexander Graham BellAndrew CarnegieThomas EdisonJohn D. Rockefeller
- 29. Multiple ChoiceA monopoly is complete control of an industry. True or false?falsetruemaybeI don't know
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