Week 28: Stagecoach, Pony Express, and the Telegraph

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English
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4th Grade
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Laura Speicher
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The transportation of both people and mail were quickly changing during the late 1800s. Why was this change constantly happening?
People wanted to become inventors
People needed to go to parks
People wanted to send and receive information faster.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.4.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In order to send messages faster, the telegraph was created which sent the messages __________.
by horse
along electrical lines
on stagecoaches
aboard ships traveling around Cape Horn
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.4.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The stagecoach, a once popular way to transport people west, was replaced by __________.
The Pony Express
U.S. Airlines
the transcontinental railroad
wagon trains
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Butterfield Overland Mail ran for two years and was then sold to __________.
Western Union
Wells Fargo
U.S. Bank
United Parcel Service
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the first telegraph from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., was sent October 24, 1861, the __________ ended almost immediately.
Pony Express
Butterfield Overland Mail Company
United Parcel Service
Western Union stagecoach deliveries
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pony Express riders carried the letters and packages they were delivering in __________.
mochilas
letterboxes
steamer trunks
duffle bags
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pony Express riders faced many dangers on their trip from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, including __________.
attacks from hostile American Indian groups
extreme weather conditions
wild animals
all of the above
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.3
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