Links to the East
Transcontinental Railroad
Rails Across CA
Agricultural power
Extras
100
Stagecoach
What was first used as a way to move mail overland from east to west?
100
They wanted a better way to get people and goods from East to West.
Why did people want a transcontinental railroad?
100
The railroad carried people and goods from coast to coast.
Why might people have thought the railroad would help Sacramento grow?
100
A Central Valley farmer
Who was John Bidwell?
100
A farmer who farms on land owned by another person.
What is a tenant farmer?
200
the Pony Express
What was a faster way to get mail across America than the stagecoach?
200
Theodore Judah
Who is given credit with finding the route across the Sierra Madre for the railroad?
200
Southern Pacific Railroad
What railroad laid many tracks in CA?
200
So many people came to CA for the gold rush.
Why was there a greater demand for farm products in the early 1850s?
200
Riverside
What is one of the first CA communities to produce large amounts of citrus fruit?
300
It was replaced by the telegraph,
Why did the Pony Express only last 18 months?
300
The Big Four
What is the name given to Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker?
300
They gained more than 11 million acres of land.
What did the Southern Pacific Railroad gain for laying many tracks in CA?
300
Farms which grow crops only to sell.
What is a commercial farm?
300
Chaffey built a canal.
How was the area called Imperial Valley able to produce agriculture?
400
Samuel B. Morris
Who invented the telegraph?
400
Central Pacific Railroad Company
What is the name of the company building the railroad west to east?
400
The Big Four
Who grew wealthy because of the building of railroads?
400
Mussel Slough
What is the name of one of the conflicts between farmers and the railroads?
400
Built levees along the Sacramento River.
What is many Chinese workers do after they were done with building the transcontinental railroad?
500
"The Pacific to the Atlantic sends greetings"
What was the first message sent on the telegraph from CA to president Lincoln?
500
Money and land to build the transcontinental railroad
What did the Pacific Railroad Act provide the railroad companies?
500
the "Octopus"
What is the nickname for the Big Four because they had very little competition in CA?
500
Refrigerator cars
What helped fruit and vegetables grown in CA get to the East in fresher condition?
500
They couldn't afford to keep the land.
Why did many farmers become tenant farmers?
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