1. Some of the challenges faced by _____ included bad weather, attacks from Native Americans, angry farmers, and deep rivers.

a. gold miners
b. poker players
c. small town sheriffs
d. cowboys on cattle drives

2. What was the major challenge during the building of the Central Pacific Railroad?

a. crossing the Rio Grande
b. tunneling through mountains
c. going around the Grand Canyon
d. passing through flooded prairie lands

3. The Homestead Act of 1862 made it easier for people to _____.

a. settle in the Great Plains
b. share rooms with gold miners
c. build new homes in California
d. repair houses in eastern cities

4. Most of the workers who laid the Central Pacific Railroad were ________ immigrants.

a. German
b. Irish
c. Chinese
d. Japanese

5. After Reconstruction ended, many African Americans felt like they needed to leave the South. Where did many of these "exodusters" go?

a. New York
b. Kansas
c. California
d. Utah