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SS Chpt 3.1
CHPT 3.1
Question | Answer |
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How did the "stagecoach" get its name? | it traveled in "stages" or parts |
What does "transcontinental" mean? | across the continent |
What were the 2 main railroad companies that build the transcontinental railroad? | Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad |
The working crew for was mostly Chinese immigrants for which railroad company? Why? | Central Pacific Railroad because there were many Chinese immigrants living in California |
What was a main problem for the Central Pacific Railroad workers? | The Sierra Nevada Mountains |
What was a main problem for the Union Pacific Railroad workers? | The Native Americans (they did not want the railroad built) |
Why were the Native Americans against the building of the railroad? | It scared away the buffalo (their main source of food) |
What Native American leader told the railroad workers to stop building the railroad? | Red Cloud |
What was the mail delivery system the used horses known as? | The Pony Express |
Why did the Pony Express come to an end? | The telegrah was invented and it was faster. |
What did Samuel Morse do? | Invented the Morse Code to send messages using the telegraph. |
What US general told the Native Americans they cannot stop the railroad from being built? | William Tecumseh Sherman |