THE RISE OF RAILROADS QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Pony Express - ANSWERA Mail carrying service; ran from 1860-1861; was
established to carry mail speedily along the 2000 miles from St. Joseph, Missouri, to
Sacramento, California; they could make the trek in 10 days.
Homestead Act - ANSWER1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to
settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
telegraph - ANSWERAn Apparatus that's used electric signals to transmit messages,
A source used to send messages over great distances. Invented by Samuel Morse
soduster - ANSWERname for farmers in the west
scarce - ANSWERIn short supply; not plentiful
Mennonites - ANSWERMennonites introduced American farmers to a type of wheat
that grew very well on the Plains. This was very good because growing crops on the
Plains was difficult. The Great Plains soon became one of the world's most
productive wheat-growing regions and still is today.
Charles Goodnight - ANSWERwith his friend Oliver Loving, he created the
Goodnight-Loving Trail, route for getting cattle from Texas ranches to beef markets
in Wyoming
reservation - ANSWERland set aside by the United States government for Native
Americans
locomotive - ANSWERSteam-powered engine that pulled a train of cars on an iron
rail which sped up transportation and carried cargo as well as passengers
cattle drive - ANSWEROn these long journeys, cowboys herded cattle to the market
or to the northern Plains for grazing.
Transcontinental Railroad - ANSWER(transportation) train route that connected the
U.S from east to west. Drastically changed the United States. Completed in 1869.
stage coach - ANSWERthis was early travel to the west. difficult due to broken
wheels, robbers, Indian attacks and bridges out., a horse-drawn coach running
regularly between stations to carry passengers and mail
exoduster - ANSWERthe African Americans migrating to the Great Plains state (ie:
Kansas & Oklahoma) in 1879 to escape conditions in the South
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Pony Express - ANSWERA Mail carrying service; ran from 1860-1861; was
established to carry mail speedily along the 2000 miles from St. Joseph, Missouri, to
Sacramento, California; they could make the trek in 10 days.
Homestead Act - ANSWER1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to
settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
telegraph - ANSWERAn Apparatus that's used electric signals to transmit messages,
A source used to send messages over great distances. Invented by Samuel Morse
soduster - ANSWERname for farmers in the west
scarce - ANSWERIn short supply; not plentiful
Mennonites - ANSWERMennonites introduced American farmers to a type of wheat
that grew very well on the Plains. This was very good because growing crops on the
Plains was difficult. The Great Plains soon became one of the world's most
productive wheat-growing regions and still is today.
Charles Goodnight - ANSWERwith his friend Oliver Loving, he created the
Goodnight-Loving Trail, route for getting cattle from Texas ranches to beef markets
in Wyoming
reservation - ANSWERland set aside by the United States government for Native
Americans
locomotive - ANSWERSteam-powered engine that pulled a train of cars on an iron
rail which sped up transportation and carried cargo as well as passengers
cattle drive - ANSWEROn these long journeys, cowboys herded cattle to the market
or to the northern Plains for grazing.
Transcontinental Railroad - ANSWER(transportation) train route that connected the
U.S from east to west. Drastically changed the United States. Completed in 1869.
stage coach - ANSWERthis was early travel to the west. difficult due to broken
wheels, robbers, Indian attacks and bridges out., a horse-drawn coach running
regularly between stations to carry passengers and mail
exoduster - ANSWERthe African Americans migrating to the Great Plains state (ie:
Kansas & Oklahoma) in 1879 to escape conditions in the South
