Cities
What city had the first terminus in Washington?
Tacoma
What was the name of the man who owned the Great Northern Railroad?
James Hill
Name three countries that immigrants working on the railroad came from.
Germany, Italy, Ireland or China
What type of mining enabled Spokane to grow?
Silver
What caused Tacoma's population to boom after 1880?
It was chosen for a railroad terminal
What city had growth because of a waterfall?
Spokane
What railroad first connected Washington to places on the Atlantic coast and was instrumental in the growth of Washington?
Transcontinental railroad
What act intended on keeping Chinese workers from entering the country?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
What is the name of the place in Alaska everyone rushed to mine for gold?
What jobs did the two men have that stood up to the people who wanted the Chinese out of Tacoma?
Pastors
What city grew because of Gold?
Seattle
What helped Washington change small communities into cities?
railroad
The construction of the railroads caused thousands of immigrants to move to Washington. Which two industries were part of this growth?
Lumber and coal
What are two of the industries that railroad enabled Spokane to benefit from the rail lines running through it?
mining, timber or agricultral areas
What was the biggest lumber company in Washington?
Werehaeuser
What are two factors besides the railroad and the Gold Rush that contributed to Seattle's development?
an electric power system, sewer system or the lowering of it's steep hills
How did Washington and the entire country benefit from the distribution network formed by the Northern Pacific Railroad and other railroads?
It made it FASTER to transport people and products throughout the country
Why did people fear immigrants? name at least three reasons
They looked, smelled, worshiped, dressed, talked and ate different.
They took jobs
How much were the railroads paid by the government per a mile laid of track on flat land?
$16,0000
What was the name of the Chinese man who started as a laborer and then eventually brought the railroad to China?
Chin Gee Hee
What was the man's name that contributed to Seattle's growth by promoting the Gold Rush which led to new businesses for the city?
Erastus Brainerd
Who convinced James Hill to build a train station in Seattle?
Boosters
Who convinced a group of investors in Europe to invest in American railroads?
Henry Villard
What were US citizens paid to work on the railroad and what were noncitizens (immigrants) paid?
$35 a day plus room and board
Immigrants were paid $26 no room and board
What are the nativists biggest reason to restrict immigration?
Immigration takes jobs from citizens