chapter test 10/16/22

Question 1

rich vein of gold, silver, or other valuable ores

Answer 1

lode

Question 2

self appointed law enforcers

Answer 2

vigilante

Question 3

Transcontinental railroad

Answer 3

a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast

Question 4

a financial aid or land grant from the government

Answer 4

subsidy

Question 5

widths of a railroad

Answer 5

gauge

Question 6

network

Answer 6

system of connected lines

Question 7

combine

Answer 7

consolidate

Question 8

rebate

Answer 8

a discount

Question 9

a system where several railroad companies agree to divide up the business in an area

Answer 9

pool

Question 10

in 1858 a huge load of gold was found in sierra, nevada

Answer 10

Comstock Lode

Question 11

boom town

Answer 11

towns that sprang up very quickly due to the discovery of gold

Question 12

when all the Gold was found the people deserted

Answer 12

Ghost Town

Question 13

designer of blue jeans for miners

Answer 13

Levi strauss

Question 14

Union Pacific

Answer 14

Began in Omaha, Nebraska and laid the track in a westward direction

Question 15

Central Pacific

Answer 15

Began in Sacramento, California and laid the track in an Eastward direction

Question 16

Where the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad met on May 10 in 1869

Answer 16

Promontory