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Transcontinental Railroad
Test Description: Social Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Transcontinental Railroad took _____ years to build.
A
3
B
15
C
10
D
7
2) The two companies who built the railroad were
A
Sharecroppers
B
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific
C
Atlantic Pacific and Central Union
D
Freedmen and Carpetbaggers
3) The railroad was built east from California by
A
The Union Pacific
B
Scalawags
C
Central Pacific
D
Freedmen
4) By the 1860s, there were about 16 million buffalo on the Plains. Within 20 years, they had decreased to
A
less than 1,000
B
Less than 10,000
C
Less than 1,000,000
D
Less than 100,000
5) Chinese immigrants worked mainly on the
A
Central Pacific Railroad
B
Farms and ranches
C
Plantations
D
Union Pacific Railroad
6) The Pacific Railway Act
A
gave land to RR companies as a way to encourage them to build and finance the Transcontinental RR.
B
Gave free land to homesteaders
C
Helped pioneers kill the buffalo on their land.
D
Moved Native Americans to new homes so the railroads could be built
7) The ______________________________ built west from Nebraska and employed mostly, immigrants, former slaves, and former Confederate soldiers
A
d. Pony Express
B
Union Pacific Railroad
C
Central Pacific Railroad
D
Plantation owners
8) The railroad had a negative effect on the railroad due to
A
coal-burning engines required fuel and more fuel required an increase in mining which destroyed land and caused pollution
B
tracks crossed the plains and tunnels through mountains
C
All of the above
D
SMOKE from factories and WASTE from processing plants polluted the air and water
9) Herds of buffalo were killed because
A
The Native Americans had too many buffalo.
B
The buffalo trampled the railroad tracks and damaged them
C
People in the east wanted buffalo meat
D
Railroad companies wanted to starve the Native Americans
10) The Transcontinental Railroad joined in
A
St. Louis, Missouri
B
San Francisco, California
C
Promontory Point, Utah
D
Dallas, Texas
11) 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?
A
Meat-FOOD
B
All of the above
C
Hide- CLOTHES
D
SKIN- covering of their tepees
12) The Pony Express began delivering mail from______________________in 10 days. People, mostly young men on horses, transported mail in a relay-style fashion.
A
Missouri to California
B
Texas to Virginia
C
Louisiana to Missouri
D
Utah to Arizona
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