I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
The railroad that connected the country coast-to-coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
This woman was a famous “conductor” who led many to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
In what year did most of the Gold Miners rush to California?
1849
What was the main issue people were fighting over in Kansas?
Slavery
This invention allowed messages to be sent quickly over long distances using wires.
Telegraph
The year that the railroad was completed.
1869
The “railroad” that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
The Underground Railroad
What coastal city rapidly grew in California because of the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
What is the name associated with the period of intense migration into Kansas over the matter of voting?
Bleeding Kansas
This invention by Samuel Morse used dots and dashes to send messages.
Morse Code
The location where the railroads met.
Promontory Summit
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
The Fugitive Slave Act (of 1850)
What is the name of the place where gold was first found?
Sutter's Mill
What is the name of the political belief that called for states to determine for themselves the matter of slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
This invention made metal fencing, helping farmers protect land on the open plains.
Barbed Wire
The name of the two companies that built the coast-to-coast railroad.
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What was the common destination because slavery was illegal there?
Canada
What is the name of the first widely used method of finding gold in a river?
Panning for Gold
Who was the main supporter of Popular Sovereignty in Congress?
Stephan A. Douglass.
This communication method used a system of riders before the invention of electronic communication.
The Pony Express
This group of workers played a major role on the western section of the railroad.
Chinese Immigrants
This man recorded the history of many of the enslaved people he helped along their journey.
William Stills
How did those who benefited the most from the Gold Rush make their money?
Hotels and selling mining supplies.
What is the name given to people who came from Missouri to disrupt the election?
Border Ruffians
This invention allowed farmers to harvest crops much faster.
the mechanical reaper