First Transcontinental Railroad

What railroad company started in California and worked their way east?

• West Coast Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad

• California Railroad

• Union Pacific Railroad

How were the railroad companies paid?

• By the year

• By the mile

• By the day

• By the hour

Most of the workers for the Union Pacific Railroad came from what country?

• Ireland

• Italy

• Russia

• Africa

Which of the following was NOT a state that the railroad passed through?

• Utah

• California

• Oregon

• Nebraska

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

Which president was in office that allowed the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?

• Donald Trump

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Promontory, Utah

• Topeka, Kansas

• Des Moines, Iowa

In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

• Promontory, Utah

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• New York City, New York

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

• Japan and Germany

• China and Ireland

• China and Germany

• Ireland and Japan