Vocabulary 1
The sending of new and messages.
Communication
to give money hoping to get more money back in the future
invest
Why did the pony express go out of business
The invention of the telegraph
Where did the 2 ends of the railroad meet?
Promontory, Utah
How did the landscape of Nevada and Utah make it easier to lay the track?
It was flatter so they could lay the track faster.
The movement of people and goods.
Transportation
crossing the continent
transcontinental
Because of the cost of transporting goods there.
What were the Big Four?
Four business men that funded the building of the railroad.
What 2 railroad companies competed to build the railroad?
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
workers
laborers
to measure land
survey
Why was the Transcontinental Railroad built?
To get things and people to California faster and easier.
What did Judah and the big four disagree about when building the railroad?
Judah wanted to build carefully regardless of the cost and the big four didn't care.
Who did the railroad end up hiring to finish the railroad and how were they treated?
The Chinese and they were treated poorly.
the work of building something
construction
the use of scientific knowledge and rules in building
engineering
How did the Civil War affect California?
It slowed how fast and how much goods got to California.
Why didn't the Californians not like the big four?
Because they were too rich and powerful and for how they treated Judah.
Why did the railroad companies fight?
The fought over land.
People who carried letters by horseback were called this.
Pony Express
This was the mountain range the transcontinental railroad passed through.
The Sierra Nevada
Which side did California support during the Civil War?
The Union/USA
How did the discovery of sliver affect the building of the railroad?
The workers left for the silver mines.
What was the most difficult part about building the railroad?
Going through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.