What is a law, enacted in 1887, that established the federal government's right to supervise railroad activities and created a five-member Interstate Commerce Commission to do so?
100
1862
When did President Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act?
100
Yes
Did the Chinese use methods from China to help get building go faster? yes or no.
100
Omaha and Sacramento.
What Cities did the transcontnental railroad connect?
100
False.
True or False. It was easy to stay health well working.
200
Transcontinental Railroad
What is a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869?
200
1889
When did George Westinghouse develop the straight air brakes?
200
Fish
What was the most common food ate by the Chinese?
200
An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Pacific Railroad Act?
200
True
True or False. The dug for supplies.
300
Credit Mobilier
What is a construction company formed in 1864 by owners of the Union Pacific Railroad, who used it to fraudulently skim off railroad profits for themselves?
300
1869
When did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific meet?
300
Chinese people
Were the Chinese people more efficient workers or were the Americans?
300
6 Years
How many years did it take for the transcontinental railroad to be completely made?
300
True.
True or False. The last spike but in the railroad was a gold spike.
400
George M. Pullman
Who is was the person who built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the Illinois prairie?
400
1872
When did Westinghouse invent automatic air brakes?
400
$28
What was the approximate amount of money the Chinese people made in a month?
400
2,000 miles
How long was the transcontinental railroad?
400
True
True or False. Soldiers stayed with the works in case of Indians attacking them.
500
Munn vs. Illinios
What is case in which the Supreme Court upheld states' regulation of railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers, thus establishing the right of government to regulate private industry to serve the public interest?
500
1868
When did Major Eli Janney invent the knuckle coupler?
500
Because the Chinese took the American's jobs.
Why were the Americans angered at the Chinese people?
500
May 10, 1869
What was the official date the transcontinental railroad get done?
500
False
True or False. Disease wasn't a factor in the many death during building the railroad.