Immigrant Life
By 1866, 80% of the Central Pacific railroad workers were this ethnicity
What is Chinese?
The Transcontinental Railroad helped force this group of people onto reservations
What are Native Americans?
Over 7,000 of today's cities and towns in the West began as depots or stops for this important supply for the railroads
What are Water Stops?
On May 10th, 1869, Leland Stanford drove in the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit in the territory which is now this state
What is Utah?
When building the transcontinental railroad a lot of workers got sick, one way Chinese immigrants avoided this was by drinking ____
What is Tea?
Many Irish immigrants who worked on the railroad had this specific job
What is Track Lying?
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad was one of the reasons why this state's economic levels increased and why it's quick population growth
What is California?
Railroad track was planned to be stretched over this amount of mountains and rough terrain
What is 1,776 Miles?
The Promontory Point is also known as the "____ of the rails".
What is the "wedding of the rails"?
Central Pacific workers had to get passed the Sierra Nevada Mountains to continue building the railroad, the glycerin used to get through the mountains only got through about this amount of it each blast
What is One Foot?