Gold Rush
What kind of threats did one face in the All Land Route?
- Cumberland Gap
- Appalachian Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Deserts
What state was the stopping off point before one entered the plains?
Missouri
What is Ballast?
Crushed stone or material packed under the railroad ties.
What is a poacher?
Someone who illegally hunts/traps animals.
Ellis Island was only for THIS kind of Immigrant.
3rd class.
What was the All Sea Route?
The Pony Express became obsolete by THIS invention.
Telegraph- Morse Code.
How did they celebrate the Wedding of the Rails?
Why did the American Government want to get rid of the buffalo? (3 reasons)
Because the Indians relied on them.
Because they could destroy telegraph lines.
Because they could lay on tracks.
What the railroad's biggest expense?
Paying their workers.
Why was the Sea-Land Route dangerous?
People could be robbed in Panama City.
Morse code was invented by THIS man.
Samuel Morse
What three people groups primarily built the railroad?
Mormons, Irish, and Chinese
What were four of the threats that cowboys faced in Cattle Drives?
Starvation, Dehydration, Drowning, Predators, Theft
What was Ellis Island?
An immigration processing center in New York Harbor.
What was the Homestead Act?
It gave 160 acres to American Citizens who were of age.
What was the Ten Mile Day? Why was it such an incredible feat?
the day when immigrants laid 10 miles of track in one day despite not speaking the same language.
What three things were required to build the railroad across the country?
Millions of ties
Bridges
Tunnels through Mountains.
What kind of workers did they bring on a cattle drive?
A "Cookie" (someone who cooks)
Wranglers
Trail Boss
Cowboys
What were they looking for in the 6 second physical?
- Checking for heart trouble, eyesight, lameness, sanity, or disease
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
What were some of the requirements for being a Pony Express rider?
- Orphan
- Willing to Risk Death Daily
- Good Rider
- Under 18
- Young and Skinny
The CP and the UP eventually met up at THIS location, in the wedding of the rails.
Promontory Summit
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What countries were involved in the Asiatic Barred Zone?
China, Korea, Southeast Asia, India.