• The Transcontinental Railway (23/24)
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  • 11.04.2024
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Weekly Exercise No. 3
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Tick the correct answer in the multiple-choice quiz. Only one answer is correct.
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Why was it difficult for the early Forty-Niners to get to California during the Gold Rush?
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How long did the sailing trip from the East Coast to California around South America take?
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Which route did most people take to travel to California during the Gold Rush?
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When did the construction of the Transcontinental Railway begin?
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Where did the two different railroad companies start building their tracks for the Transcontinental Railway?
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Where can you learn more about the history of the Transcontinental Railway?
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Where were the tracks of the Transcontinental Railway linked on May 10, 1869?
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When was the first Transcontinental Railway Line finished?
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In the text The Transcontinental Railway, there are several sentences in the passive voice. Copy the passive sentence and underline the passive.

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  • The Passive Voice in the part Why the Transcontinental Railway Line was built.




  • The Passive Voice in the part The Transcontinental Railway Line in literature.



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Name the passive tense used in the text The Transcontinental Railway Line?
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The text talks about the positive and negative effects the building of the new railway had on the people. List them as key points in the table below.
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Positive Effects

Negative Effects

Trip from East Coast to West Coast took only a few days.

Native Americans were to leave their lands.

Wild West area became successful and safer.

Their culture and ways of life were destroyed by the white man.

Many people could travel cheaply and quickly by train.

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If you had been a Native American in 1870, would you or wouldn't you have supported the arrival of settlers and the construction of the railway? Write at least 5 sentences giving reasons for your answers.
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