Transcontinental Railroad to Robber Barons

This act guaranteed up to 160 acres of land for free in 1862

• Exodusters Act

• Pacific Railway Act

• Homestead Act

• Get Outta Here Act

Following the election of ____ federal troops were removed from the South

• 1776

• 1876

• 1945

• 2020

Laws that aimed to keep African Americans and Whites separated and not allow newly freed slaves to participate in Democracy

• Jim Crow Laws

• Bob Donkey Laws

• Mike Elephant Laws

• Civil Rights Act

This court case upheld the constitutionality of Jim Crow Laws

• Brown v Board of Education

• Little Rock 9 Case

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Miranda v Arizona

Which president signed the Homestead and Pacific Railway Act into law

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Rutherford B Hayes

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

Where did the central Pacific company start building their part of the railroad

• New Albany, IN

• Sacramento, CA

• Omaha, NE

• Washington DC

The Pacific Railway company workers were mostly immigrants from what country

• Ireland

• France

• Russia

• China

This mountain range was a big obstacle for the building of the railroad

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

Where did the Union Pacific begin building their section of the railroad

• Washington DC

• Sacramento CA

• Omaha NE

• Kansas City KS

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad allowed for people and goods to now travel from the East to West coast in how long

• 6 months

• 6 years

• 6 days

• 6 hours