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100

What city had the first terminus in Washington?

Tacoma

100

What was the name of the man who owned the Great Northern Railroad?

James Hill

100

Name three countries that immigrants working on the railroad came from.

Germany, Italy, Ireland or China

100

What type of mining enabled Spokane to grow?

Silver

100

What caused Tacoma's population to boom after 1880?

It was chosen for a railroad terminal

200

What city had growth because of a waterfall?

Spokane

200

What railroad first connected Washington to places on the Atlantic coast and was instrumental in the growth of Washington?

Transcontinental railroad

200

What act intended on keeping Chinese workers from entering the country?

The Chinese Exclusion Act

200

What is the name of the place in Alaska everyone rushed to mine for gold?

Klondike
200

What jobs did the two men have that stood up to the people who wanted the Chinese out of Tacoma?

Pastors

300

What city grew because of Gold?

Seattle

300

What helped Washington change small communities into cities?

railroad

300

The construction of the railroads caused thousands of immigrants to move to Washington. Which two industries were part of this growth?

Lumber and coal

300

What are two of the industries that railroad enabled Spokane to benefit from the rail lines running through it?

mining, timber or agricultral areas

300

What was the biggest lumber company in Washington?

Werehaeuser

400

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

400

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

400

Why did people fear immigrants? name at least three reasons

They looked, smelled, worshiped, dressed, talked and ate different.

They took jobs

400

How much were the railroads paid by the government per a mile laid of track on flat land?

$16,0000 

400

What was the name of the Chinese man who started as a laborer and then eventually brought the railroad to China?

Chin Gee Hee

500

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

500

Who convinced James Hill to build a train station in Seattle?

Boosters

500

Who convinced a group of investors in Europe to invest in American railroads?

Henry Villard

500

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

500

What are the nativists biggest reason to restrict immigration?

Immigration takes jobs from citizens