1. Name the two companies that raced to complete the Transcontinental Railroad after the Civil War.

1. California Railroad and Mountain Pacific Railroad
2. Central Mountain Railroad and Pacific Railroad
3. Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
4. Union Pacific Railroad and Western Union Railroad

2. Which tycoon headed up the Union Pacific Railroad?

1. Charles Crocker
2. Collis Huntington
3. Leland Stanford
4. Thomas Durant

3. The government paid railroad companies up to $48,000 for what?

1. Displacing Indians
2. Each completed mile
3. Each new hire
4. Feeding all rail workers

4. During the westward expansion of the railway, the term "Hell on Wheels" meant what?

1. Buggies filled with Irish workers
2. Coal-engine locomotives
3. Lawless towns that sprang up around the railroad route
4. Ruthless entrepreneurs notorious for drunk driving

5. To stay mobile, Hell on Wheels towns were built from what?

1. Adobe
2. Canvas tents
3. Half-constructed train cars
4. Scrap wood

6. Which Hell on Wheels stop was deemed the "greatest gambling place to ever be established"?

1. Bear River City, Utah
2. Cheyenne, Wyoming
3. Julesburg, Colorado
4. Omaha, Nebraska

7. What was the Union Pacific Railroad's primary muscle?

1. Chinese immigrants
2. Freed slaves
3. Irish immigrants
4. Mules

8. How were railroad workers paid?

1. Free meals and board
2. Stock in the railroad
3. 3 to 4 dollars a day
4. Unlimited whiskey

9. Who signed on to work the railroads for half the Irishmen's wages?

1. Defected Native Americans
2. Freed slaves
3. Handicapped veterans
4. Widowed women

10. The railroad unwittingly split a massive herd of what animals into two parts?

1. Great Plains buffaloes
2. White-tailed deer
3. Wild mustang horses
4. Wild turkeys

11. How long did it take Hell on Wheels to move from its start, in Omaha, Nebraska, 357 miles west, to Julesburg, Colorado?

1. Ten months
2. Ten years
3. Twenty years
4. Two years