Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

4th Grade

20 Qs

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Social Studies

4th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

Omaha, Nebraska

Houston, Texas

Sacramento, California

Promontory, Utah

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who planned and engineered the transcontinental railroad?

Theodore Judah

Mark Hopkins

Collis P. Huntington

Charles Crocker

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who was the president who supported the railroad?

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Judah

Barack Obama

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was the 2nd type of communication, which took 10 days, and used horses?

Pony Express

Overland Mail Express

Transcontinental Railroad

FedEx

Telegraph

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who was the "Big Four"?

The group who owned the Central Pacific R.R.

The four men who built the railroad.

Farmers who built canals to irrigate their crops.

A group of herbalists who developed healing medicines.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Americans to

move out west

build the railroad

ration their food

fight in the Civil War

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