
Unit 11 Week 1 Review
Quiz by Ms. Erin
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What day was the Transcontinental Railroad finished?
Which railroad company employed mostly Chinese immigrants?
Which railroad company employed mostly Irish and Mexican immigrants?
What did surveyors do?
What did tracklayers do?
What did spikers do?
What did graders do?
The Pacific Railway Act was designed to increase __________ between railroad companies
What is the name of the act that gave families free land in exchange for making the journey west?
How long was the journey West in a covered wagon with horses?
How long was the journey West on the transcontinental railroad?
What mountain range did the Central Pacific Railroad have to blast through?
Where were the two railroads connected, thus finishing the Transcontinental Railroad?
What chemical was used to blast through mountains?
A broad expanse of flat land, located in the interior of North America.
This railroad company began building the railroad in Nebraska, and worked their way West
This railroad company began building the railroad in California, and worked their way East
A person who moves to a new country to live there permanentlyÂ
How much free land was given to each family under the homestead act?
Which of the following groups would NOT have moved West?
Why did both railroad companies try to build as fast as possible?
How many railroad workers are estimated to have died during construction?
Why were Native Americans upset about the construction of the railroad?
Which group would NOT have worked on the Union Pacific Railroad?
Why did many workers quit their jobs working for the Central Pacific Railroad company>