| A | B |
|---|
| when was gold discovered in California | 1849 |
| What made people move out west | The went out west to find gold |
| How did people travel across the country | wagons |
| Why was the Transcontinental Railroad built | to join the east to the west it also goods could be shipped quicker easily and cheaply |
| What was the hame of the railroad that started in California | Central Pacific |
| railroad that started in Missouri | Union Pacific |
| What was the Homestead Act? | It was an act that gave men 160 acres of land for ten dollars. |
| Why did the native americans dislike the railroads | because it destroyed their home |
| How many people built the railroad | over 30,000 |
| who built the railroad | mostly immigrants |
| what was the great race | a race between the central pacific and the union pacific railroads |
| what are Boomtowns? | as the railroads were built, towns grew up overnight along their path |
| what changes did the railroad bring | indians were forced onto reservations |
| what are reservations | public land set aside by the government of the use of a particular group of people |
| what is a homesteader | a person who received land under the Homestead Act |
| Did the immigrants work long or short days building the railroads | they worked very long days |
