Transcontinental Railroad Test Questions With Passed Solutions!!
1. Transcontinental the first railroad built that crossed the nation from the Atlantic
Rail- road to the Pacific and was finished in 1869 after being built for 6
years.
2. Promontory, Utah Place where Union Pacific RR tracks connected to the Central
Pacific tracks
3. Union Pacific the railroad company that began building of the
transcontinental rail-
road from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska
4. Central Pacific the railroad company that began building of the
transcontinental rail-
road from its western starting point in Sacramento, California
5. Promontory Town where the two railroads connected the Transcontinental
Summit, Utah Railroad
6. Chinese immigrants largest group who worked on the TCRR due to a shortage of
labor
(Central Pacific)
7. 1869 Year the Transcontinental Railroad was finished
8. 10 days how long it would take to travel by railroad from San
Francisco to New York
9. Native Americans group who was forced ott their land when railroad was being
built; RR
workers were killing too many buttalo which also hurt this
group
10. land and money U.S. government gave this to the railroad companies for every
mile of
track they laid
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1. Transcontinental the first railroad built that crossed the nation from the Atlantic
Rail- road to the Pacific and was finished in 1869 after being built for 6
years.
2. Promontory, Utah Place where Union Pacific RR tracks connected to the Central
Pacific tracks
3. Union Pacific the railroad company that began building of the
transcontinental rail-
road from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska
4. Central Pacific the railroad company that began building of the
transcontinental rail-
road from its western starting point in Sacramento, California
5. Promontory Town where the two railroads connected the Transcontinental
Summit, Utah Railroad
6. Chinese immigrants largest group who worked on the TCRR due to a shortage of
labor
(Central Pacific)
7. 1869 Year the Transcontinental Railroad was finished
8. 10 days how long it would take to travel by railroad from San
Francisco to New York
9. Native Americans group who was forced ott their land when railroad was being
built; RR
workers were killing too many buttalo which also hurt this
group
10. land and money U.S. government gave this to the railroad companies for every
mile of
track they laid
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