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UShist 1.1
Quiz practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Pacific | Railroad started in Sacramento, CA was built east across the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| Union Pacific | Railroad started in Omaha, NE and was built west across the Great Plains |
| transcontinental | Railroad that stretches all the way across the country |
| Solar time | Before the transcontinental railroad, each community relied on: |
| Standard time | This became necessary so trains could run on schedule. |
| grants of land | Federal government gave these to railroad companies to sell for profit. |
| Great Plains | Area from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains |
| Chinese | Immigrants that worked for the Central Pacific. |
| frontier | Parts of the West mainly occupied by Native Americans |
| settlers | Railroads were a lifeline for these people, bringing needed supplies to the frontier. |
| Native Americans | Railroads helped weaken the hold these people had on the West because miners and settlers laid claim to their lands. |