Transcontinental RR
Railroads Tie the Nation
Railroad Time
Social/Economic Changes
Misc.
100
Transcontinental.
What is a RR that crosses an entire continent?
100
The Union Pacific began building in 1865 because of this event.
What is the Civil War?
100
Each communities time zone, based on calculations of the sun.
What is "solar time?"
100
These items were shipped from the west to the east via the new RR.
What is lumber, livestock and grain?
100
Irish immigrants, freed slaves, former soldiers and Native Americans.
Who did the Union Pacific hire as employees?
200
Started in Sacramento, California and built east.
What is the Central Pacific?
200
The amount of track the Union Pacific laid.
What is 1,086 miles?
200
The previous way of keeping time caused this kind of problems.
What is scheduling?
200
Manufactured goods were shipped from this starting point across the nation.
What is the east?
200
The Central Pacific was pleased with their Chinese employees because of these reasons.
What are light and healthy?
300
Started in Omaha, Nebraska and built west.
What is the Union Pacific?
300
The amount of track the Central Pacific laid.
What is 690 miles?
300
Standard time.
What was the new way of keeping time?
300
The RR help people do this in the West.
What is "settle the West?"
300
1863.
When did the Central Pacific begin building?
400
These employees often performed the most difficult tasks and proved to be excellent workers. They were also sick less often.
Who are Chinese immigrants?
400
The meeting point of the Transcontinental RR.
What is Promontory, Utah?
400
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific.
What are the four time zones?
400
Native Americans.
Who had a weaker hold on the West after the RR?
400
Leland Stanford.
Who led the Central Pacific?
500
Each company earned this for each mile of track that was laid.
What is 20 square miles of land?
500
This unified the Central and Union Pacific RRs.
What is the "Golden Spike?"
500
Divided our country into four separate time zones. We still use this today.
What is standard time?
500
Now people could settle on land that was not near a main waterway.
What is gaining control over the environment?
500
Both the president of the Central Pacific and the vice-president of the Union Pacific did this.
What is "missed the Golden Spike?"
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