Transcontinental Railroad Exam Questions And All Correct Answers.

Manifest Destiny - Answer the god-given right to expand west The Transcontinental Railroad - Answer this railroad made it easier for people to fulfill Manifest Destiny and also made it easier to transport goods across the country. This method was faster and cheaper than boats and horse carts. Had many negative effects as well as positive. Union Pacific - Answer the group of workers that built from west to east, began in Omaha, Nebraska. Hired Chinese immigrants. Central Pacific - Answer this group started working from east to west. Started in Sacramento, California. Hired Irish Immigrants as well as Civil War veterans. Chinese immigrant workers - Answer were immigrants from China and also built the Great Wall of China. Promontory Point, Utah (1869) - Answer was when the Union and the Central Pacific met in Utah and put a golden spike to connect both the tracks to start the railroad. The Homestead Act (1862) - Answer Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years; this was aimed to encourage people to settle in the West Settlement in the West - Answer people moving and living in the west Miners - Answer a group that came to the West in search of gold and silver to send back to the east Ranchers - Answer a group that herded cattle to be sold to Northern and Eastern markets Cowboys - Answer workers who took care of the ranchers' cattle and brought them to be transported to markets Farmers - Answer farmed land in the west and created dry farming