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ND Studies Section 9

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Question 1

1.

Which company was offered the job of building a transcontinental railroad across the northern part of the United States?

Question 2

2.

On what date did the Northern Pacific Railroad enter Dakota at Fargo? Month, day and year.

Question 3

3.

What did the Northern Pacific rename Edwinton in trying to persuade Germans to invest in the railroad?

Question 4

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In what year did the Northern Pacific reach Montana? The Pacific Coast? What year was the railroad bridge across the Missouri River built?

Question 5

5.

Who had a goal of building a railroad through unsettled land and bringing in settlers?

Question 6

6.

What was his nickname?

Question 7

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What was the second transcontinental railroad to cross North Dakota?

Question 8

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What major railroad line crossed the state diagonally from southeast to northwest?

Question 9

9.

What system of communication was used by the railroads?

Question 10

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What special “language” was used to send messages?

Question 11

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Where were train locomotives turned around?