1. Theodore D. Judah, the engineer of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, became obsessed with the desire to build a transcontinental railroad. In 1860 he approached Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker, leading Sacramento merchants, and soon convinced them that building a transcontinental line would make them rich and famous. The prospect of tapping the wealth of the Nevada mining towns and forthcoming legislation for federal aid to railroads stimulated them to incorporate the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California. This line later merged with the Southern Pacific. It was through Judah's efforts and the support of Abraham Lincoln . . . that the Pacific Railroad finally became a reality. The Railroad Act of 1862 put government support behind the transcontinental railroad and helped create the Union Pacific Railroad, which subsequently joined with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869[.]

Question

What was the ultimate motivation behind the development described in the text?
A) expanding economic opportunities for American Indians in the United States
B) improving relations between the United States and European powers through trade expansion
C) enabling the United States to spread democracy throughout the Americas
D) realizing the Manifest Destiny of the United States by connecting the East and West Coasts

2. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Pullman Strike?
A) Railroad traffic in the American Midwest was disrupted.
B) Wages for workers manufacturing railroad cars were cut.
C) An injunction was used for the first time to break a strike.
D) Labor Day was established as a national holiday.

3. When the American Federation of Labor, led by ___________, talked with company owners about giving better pay and working conditions to workers, they were engaging in ________.
A) Andrew Carnegie
B) Samuel Gompers
C) collective bargaining
D) strikes

4. Select the correct words or phrases to complete the statement.
____________ played a significant role in the construction of the Central Pacific (West to East) track of the Transcontinental Railroad, while __________ played a significant role in the construction of the Union Pacific (East to West) track.
A) Irish Immigrants
B) Japanese Immigrants
C) Native Americans
D) Chinese Immigrants

5. How were the Plains Indians impacted by the ever promising belief of American Manifest Destiny?
A) Treaties were signed by numerous Plains' tribes ensuring they would be able to live on their land forever. Railroads and farms began popping up around their lands, but Native Americans were not impacted.
B) As Manifest Destiny continued to push citizens west, Plains Indians too received massive plots of farm land and began their own push to assimilate themselves into the growing country.
C) By selling off their own lands to the American government for the production of the Transcontinental Railroad, Plains Indians willingly moved from their Mid-West location farther west.
D) Although Plains Indians were told they could live on their Western lands forever, the United States continued to force them to sign new treaties giving up their lands.

Answer 1

1. D) realizing the Manifest Destiny of the United States by connecting the East and West Coasts

2. D) Labor Day was established as a national holiday.

3. B) Samuel Gompers; C) collective bargaining

4. D) Chinese Immigrants; A) Irish Immigrants

5. D) Although Plains Indians were told they could live on their Western lands forever, the United States continued to force them to sign new treaties giving up their lands.