Selection Quiz: The Celestials Railroad - Shaaron Potts | Biblioteka

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The passage explains that the transcontinental railroad system would span the continent. What does the word span mean as it is used in the passage?

affect

reach

cross

establish

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two companies that raised money to extend the railroad and mapped the new routes

Chinese workers who were largely responsible for the first transcontinental railroad

railroad tycoons who funded the railroad

Charles Crocker’s office workers

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They worked for Charles Crocker.

They left their families behind in China.

They failed to strike it rich in the goldfields.

They were left out of the photograph of the completed railroad.

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Working on the transcontinental railroad was a popular job.

Building the transcontinental railroad was dangerous and expensive.

Two companies worked together to build the transcontinental railroad.

Chinese workers played an important part in building the transcontinental railroad.

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by presenting events in the order they happened

by presenting questions followed by answers

by comparing different events from the past

by listing steps to find an answer