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westchapter18
Newcomers Change the West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What effects did the completion of the railroad have? | Shipping was made easier. Travel was made easier. |
| What were some of the serious costs of the Transcontinental Railroad? | Workers were killed. The way of life for native americans ended forever. |
| What were some of the geographic obstacles in the west? | Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| Why did people think that Native Americans might object to the railroad? | It would bring settlers to their homelands. |
| Why did construction slow down on both ends of the transcontinental railroad? | Workers were scarce because of the Civil War; and Gold Rush |
| Who did the Central Pacific hire for workers? | Chinese immigrants |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad that crosses an entire continent |
| What two companies built the transcontinental railroad? | Central Pacific and Union Pacific |
| Pacific Railroad Act j | offered two companies government loans and free land to build the railroad |
| Who did the Pacific Railroad hire for laborers? | Irish and German immigrants, African Americans, and former slaves |
| How were the Chinese workers treated compared to other workers? | Paid less and had to provide there own food and shelter. |
| What was the bet that Crocker made with Durnat? | Central Pacific could lay ten miles of track in one day. |
| Where did the two railroads meet and when? | Promontory Point on May 10, 1869. |
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