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The Pony Express began delivering mail from______________________in 10 days. People, mostly young men on horses, transported mail in a relay-style fashion.
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
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The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
The two companies who built the railroad were
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
Herds of buffalo were killed because
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
Chinese immigrants worked mainly on the
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
The Transcontinental Railroad took _____ years to build.
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
The Pacific Railway Act
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
Railroads made it easier for settlers to live in the West. Unfortunately, these newcomers killed the Plains Indians’ greatest resource, the bison (or buffalo). What did the buffalo mean to the Indians?
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
By the 1860s, there were about 16 million buffalo on the Plains. Within 20 years, they had decreased to
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
7
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
less than 1,000
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
All of the above
Central Pacific Railroad
Missouri to California
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