NAME ______

Chapter10 Study Guide

The Railroad Revolutionizes Transportation!—pages184-187

1.After the Civil War, Congress wanted to ______.

2.They decided to build a ______that would go from the East coast to the West coast.

3.The ______starting laying tracks from Nebraska. And the ______started coming eastward from California.

4.The Union Pacific hired immigrant workers from ______and other countries. The Central Pacific hired thousands of workers from ______.

5.Which railroad passed through the high Sierra Nevada? ______

6.The Union Pacific Railroad asked ______for help. They gave him a contract for ______million dollars to build roadbed from ______canyon through ______canyon.

7.President Ulysses Grant decided that the railroad would go to ______and not to Salt Lake City.

8.Brigham Young got contract from the Central Pacific Railroad where Utah men earned money by ______to make ______.

9.The railroads met at the top of ______, Utah.

10.The last railroad spike that was driven into the tracks was made of ______.

11.What work did the Chinese men do in Utah after the railroad was complete?

______

12.Over 2,000 Chinese workers died during the building of the railroad. List four risks these workers faced: ______, ______, ______,

______.

13.______carried large amounts of minerals (ore from mines) and manufactured goods to buyers outside Utah.

14.The trains let Utah send large quantities of ______and ______.

Utah Railroads to 1890 (Map)

15.Which railroad connected Ogden to Salt Lake City? ______

16.Which railroad went south from Salt Lake City? ______

Early Mormon Settlements- page 194

14.Whichcountieswereorganizedduringthefirstdecadeafterthepioneersarrived?(You’llneedtorememberwhatyearthefirstpioneerscame.)

  1. Whichcountieswere organizedafterUtahbecameastatein1896?

TerritorialSchools—pages196-197

  1. WhatdidtheFreePublicSchoolActdo?
  2. Over theyears,schools struggledfromofsupportand

teachers.

  1. WhenwastheUniversityof Deseretstarted?
  2. WhatistheUniversityof Deseret currentlynamed?
  3. Whatwasthe original nameforUtahStateUniversity?
  4. WhenwasWeberAcademyfounded?
  5. Who startedWestminsterCollege?

It’sElectric—pages198-199

  1. Mostpeople stayedatnight.Athome,lights gaveoff a glow,andcandles even. Then,inthebig cities, changed allthat,atleastfor .
  2. Whenwasthe firstdisplayof electriclights inUtahandwhatwasitfor?
  3. Howdidthe electricstreetcars pickuptheirelectricity?
  4. Whatwasthenameof theamusementparkbuiltontheshoreofthe Great SaltLake?
  5. Whatamusementparkwasbuiltin1896halfwaybetweenSaltLakeCityandOgden?
  6. andthe verygotthefirstphones.

MoreMineralsAreDiscovered—pages200-201

  1. Listthe 3SilverKings?
  1. WhowastheSilverQueen?

Timeline-pages 182-183

Match the year to the event.

  1. ______1869A. Brigham Young Dies
  2. ______May 10, 1869B. 1st telephone call is made
  3. ______1877C. Utah gets first electric streetcar
  4. ______1878D. Silver King Mining Co. in Park City
  5. ______1889E. John W. Powell explores the Green and Colorado Rivers
  6. ______1892F. The transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point