TCI Lesson 8

The Butterfield Overland Mail Company traveled by (a)   .

• stagecoach
• horse
• car
• boat

As a pioneer, why was traveling in a stagecoach easy?

• Yes, because you just had to ride it.

• No, because the road conditions were harsh.

• Yes, because of the nice road condition.

• Yes, because you can sit in First Class.

What was a disadvantage of the Pony Express?

• It was unreliable.

• It was slow.

• It was expensive.

• It was dangerous.

The (a)   is a little machine that could send ​ ​ (b)   signal through a​​ (c)  

• telegraph
• electrical
• wire.
• paper
• letter
• texts
• email.

What was the name of the engineer who made plans to build California's first railroad?

• Theodore Judah

• John Henry

• James Eads

• George Stephenson

Name two investors who gave money to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

• John D. Rockefeller & Charles Croker

• Cornelius Vanderbilt & Collis P. Huntington

• Andrew Carnegie & Mark Hopkins

• Mark Hopkins & Leland Stanford

The two companies building the railroads were...

• Union Pacific & Central Pacific

• Central Union & Pacific Central

• Western Union & Pony Express

• Boeing & Airbus

Many Union Pacific workers came from ______.

• England

• Ireland

• China

The railroad led to conflicts with American Indians.

• True

• False

The Central Pacific wanted to hire white workers, but ended up hiring workers from_______.

• India

• Japan

• China

• Mexico