5 Written Questions

1. Union Pacific
2. $150
3. Omaha
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. Why a northern route was picked

5 Matching Questions

1. Railroad track had to be laid over how many miles of rugged terrain, including mountains of solid granite?
2. Date the 2 Railroads met
3. Land between the states in 1860's was called.
4. Union Pacific workers
5. Method cowboys used to move large herds of cattle north from ranches in Texas towns along Rail Road in late 1800's.

1. a Irish, African Americans, and Southern soldiers
2. b 2000
3. c "Great American Desert"
4. d cattle drive
5. e 5/10/1869

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sierra Nevada Mtns
   1. Central Pacific barrier
   2. Date the 2 Railroads met
   3. Central Pacific workers
   4. Union Pacific workers
2. 1864
   1. Central Pacific barrier
   2. Year Central Pacific added Chinese workers
   3. Central Pacific workers
   4. Union Pacific workers
3. 16,000
   1. More powerfull than black powder
   2. Date the 2 Railroads met
   3. $Money paid per flat terrain mile built
   4. Money paid per mountain mile built
4. Sacramento
   1. the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska
   2. the railroad company based on the West Coast that helped build the transcontinental railroad; starting point was Sacramento, California
   3. Year Central Pacific added Chinese workers
   4. The Central Pacific began building its section of the Transcontinental railroad in.
5. Pacific Railway Act
   1. the railroad company based on the West Coast that helped build the transcontinental railroad; starting point was Sacramento, California
   2. the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska
   3. 1862 legislation to encourage the construction of a transcontinental railroad, connecting the West to industries in the Northeast (Union Pacific and Central Pacific RR)
   4. The Central Pacific began building its section of the Transcontinental railroad in.

5 True/False Questions

1. Before the transcontinental railroad was completed, travel overland by stagecoach cost $1,000, and took how many months? → 1890 Census

   True        False

2. Central Pacific workers → Chinese

   True        False

3. In charge of the Union Pacific → Stanford and Crocker

   True        False

4. Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west → transcontinental railroad

   True        False

5. Money paid per mountain mile built → $48,000

   True        False