California Railroad Quiz

Theodore Judah was a(n) ______ who planned and helped build California's first railroad.

• engineer

• telegraph

• transportation

• trestle

The railroad made ______ much faster.

• engineer

• telegraph

• transportation

• trestle

A(n) ______ is a large framework that helps support the railroad.

• engineer

• telegraph

• transportation

• trestle

The Pony Express was doomed when Samuel Morse invented the ______.

• engineer

• telegraph

• transportation

• trestle

When California became a state, what made communication with the rest of the United States difficult?

• Miners were working too hard.

• Other states were very far away.

• People spoke different languages.

• Immigrants had special traditions.

How did the Pony Express work?

• Riders carried the mail slowly.

• Several riders went side by side.

• One fast rider raced the whole way.

• Riders passed mail to other riders.

What made a stagecoach ride difficult for the passengers?

• Not enough room for their bags

• Not enough stops along the way

• Bouncing over rutted dirt roads

• Crossing over high trestles

Why did Theodore Judah need investors for the railroad?

• To do the engineering

• To provide the money

• To find enough workers

• To choose the best route

Leland Stanford said it would have been impossible to complete the Central Pacific Railroad without which group of people?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• American Indians

• African Americans

What did Central Pacific workers do in the Sierra Nevada?

• Laid ten miles of track a day

• Lit fires to melt the deep snow

• Blasted tunnels through the rock

• Hammered the final golden spike