The Immigrant Experience

Question 1

The first attempts to create a transcontinental railroad failed in part because

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Congress could not agree on where the line would run.

Question 2

The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

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called for two companies to build the line from two different directions.

Question 3

It went through the Sierra Nevada.

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Central Pacific

Question 4

It went through the Rocky Mountains.

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Union Pacific

Question 5

For each statement, select whether it is true of the Central Pacific Railroad, the Union Pacific Railroad, or both. It began in Nebraska.

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Union Pacific

Question 6

Select the correct year for each of the following events. Use the timeline to help you. Asa Whitney asked Congress to support building a railroad.

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1845

Question 7

In exchange for constructing the railroad, the railroad companies received .

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land

Question 8

Which of the following statements best describes how the transcontinental railroad impacted American Indians?

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It prevented them from engaging in their traditional way of life.

Question 9

Which of these events were effects of the Homestead Act? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Settlers continued to push onto American Indian lands.; Land speculators made profits by making land claims.; Millions of acres of US public land were claimed.

Question 10

It began in California.

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Central Pacific

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