Study Guide Flashcards
(27 cards)
Name Two Reasons why people kept coming to the desert (and Utah)
railroad isolates
What were the three main occupations (jobs) to Utah territory
land, family and schools
Name the railroad companies who built the transcontinental
Ogden
What country did the railroad companies hire thousands of workers from?
salt lake
what did many railroad workers die from?
cold and dynamite
where did the two railroad workers meet (in Utah)?
prominent summit
on what day did they meet
May 10 1869
how many Chinese men were killed or critically injured while helping to build the railroads?
2.000
What did some Chinese workers open, after the railroads were built?
Laundry
the railroad also put stress on local Utah businesses. Why did some Utah manufacturers and cooperatives go out of business?
Cheapen
What two Utah cities were connected by the Utah central Railroad?
Ogden salt lake
Major john Wesley Powell set out to collect samples of what three things?
rocks plants animals
What landmark is named after John W. Powell?
Glem canyon dam
What was the first settlement/town for coverts from Hawii, New Zealand etc. Called?
A shelly valley
What landmark is named after John W. Powell?
Glam canyon dam
list three other Protestant groups who came to Utah in the 1870/80
Catholics note stint Methodist
What cathedral did Reverenced Scanlon help build?
cratndral of the madeleine
When was the first electrical light display?
1880
What was Salt Air? Be specific.
cement park
why was lagoon built between Salt Lake City and Ogden?
to encorge people
When did Utah’s first demonstration of the telephone take place
1879`
When did Utah’s first demonstration of the telephone take place
1879`
Why did miners usually end up in debt to the mining company?
coal camps
Which reservation is the largest in the U.S.?
Nalajo indpan
