Question 1

What day was the Transcontinental Railroad finished?

Accepted Answer

May 10th, 1869

Answer

July 4th, 1776

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December 11th 1845

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June 16th, 1996

Question 2

Which railroad company employed mostly Chinese immigrants?

Accepted Answer

Central Pacific

Answer

Union Pacific

Question 3

Which railroad company employed mostly Irish and Mexican immigrants?

Accepted Answer

Union Pacific

Answer

Central Pacific

Question 4

What did surveyors do?

Accepted Answer

they studied the land, looking for the best place to build

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they placed the heavy wooden frames and iron rails into position

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they nailed the iron rails to the wooden frames using heavy rails

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they prepared the land, clearing away trees and leveling hills

Question 5

What did tracklayers do?

Accepted Answer

they placed the heavy wooden frames and iron rails into position

Answer

they nailed the iron rails to the wooden frames using heavy rails

Answer

they prepared the land, clearing away trees and leveling hills

Answer

they studied the land, looking for the best place to build

Question 6

What did spikers do?

Accepted Answer

they nailed the iron rails to the wooden frames using heavy rails

Answer

they placed the heavy wooden frames and iron rails into position

Answer

they prepared the land, clearing away trees and leveling hills

Answer

they studied the land, looking for the best place to build

Question 7

What did graders do?

Accepted Answer

they prepared the land, clearing away trees and leveling hills

Answer

they studied the land, looking for the best place to build

Answer

they nailed the iron rails to the wooden frames using heavy rails

Answer

they placed the heavy wooden frames and iron rails into position

Question 8

The Pacific Railway Act was designed to increase __________ between railroad companies

Accepted Answer

competition

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distrust

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cooperation

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anger

Question 9

What is the name of the act that gave families free land in exchange for making the journey west?

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act

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Pacific Railway Act

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Emancipation Proclamation

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The GI Bill

Question 10

How long was the journey West in a covered wagon with horses?

Accepted Answer

6 months

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6 weeks

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6 years

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6 days

Question 11

How long was the journey West on the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

6 days

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6 years

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6 weeks

Answer

6 months

Question 12

What mountain range did the Central Pacific Railroad have to blast through?

Accepted Answer

Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Mississippi Mountains

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Appalachian Mountains

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Rocky Mountains

Question 13

Where were the two railroads connected, thus finishing the Transcontinental Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Utah

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Wyoming Territory

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Arizona

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California

Question 14

What chemical was used to blast through mountains?

Accepted Answer

nitroglycerine

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uranium

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carbon

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bromide

Question 15

A broad expanse of flat land, located in the interior of North America.

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

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Appalachian Montains

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Rocky Plains

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Sierra Nevada Mountains

Question 16

This railroad company began building the railroad in Nebraska, and worked their way West

Accepted Answer

Union Pacific

Answer

Central Pacific

Question 17

This railroad company began building the railroad in California, and worked their way East

Accepted Answer

Central Pacific

Answer

Union Pacific

Question 18

A person who moves to a new country to live there permanently

Accepted Answer

immigrant

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cowboy

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scalawag

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pirate

Question 19

How much free land was given to each family under the homestead act?

Accepted Answer

160 acres

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60 acres

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1,600 acres

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100 acres

Question 20

Which of the following groups would NOT have moved West?

Accepted Answer

bankers

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ranchers

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farmers

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miners

Question 21

Why did both railroad companies try to build as fast as possible?

Accepted Answer

the winning team would recieve a bonus from the government

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the losing team would be banished from the US

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the losing team would owe the winning team half of their salaries

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the winning team got a free trip to Europe

Question 22

How many railroad workers are estimated to have died during construction?

Accepted Answer

1,000

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10,000

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10

Answer

100

Question 23

Why were Native Americans upset about the construction of the railroad?

Accepted Answer

the railroad was damaging the environment

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they wanted the government contract for themselves

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the railroad workers were very rude to them

Question 24

Which group would NOT have worked on the Union Pacific Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

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Civil War Veterans

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Irish immigrants

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Mexican immigrants

Question 25

Why did many workers quit their jobs working for the Central Pacific Railroad company>

Accepted Answer

they wanted to mine for gold

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they wanted to return to their home country

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they wanted to open their own railroads

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