Railways

Question 1

When did railway development really occur?

Answer 1

After the civil war (1865)

Question 2

When was the Pacific Railroad Act?

Answer 2

1862

Question 3

What did the Pacific Railroad Act do?

Answer 3

Chartered the Union Pacific Company to build west from Nebraska and the Central Pacific Company to build east from California

Question 4

When was the transcontinental railroad completed?

Answer 4

1869

Question 5

How many km of track were there west of the Mississippi river by 1900?

Answer 5

140,000

Question 6

Which industry did the railroads particularly enable on a large scale?

Answer 6

Cattle ranching

Question 7

How did the railway companies contribute to settlement in the west?

Answer 7

They possessed lots of land for sale so used promotional literature to attract settlers

Question 8

Which 4 other transcontinental lines were complete by the 1890s?

Answer 8

Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe