Transcontinental Railroad

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Across
  1. 3. What caused growth of railroads.
  2. 6. This negative thing increased as a result of the transcontinental railroad.
  3. 7. What was made possible on a larger scale
  4. 12. Booms in mining and cattle industries
  5. 13. Products that were moved from west to east
  6. 14. The state that the Transcontinental railroad was completed in
  7. 16. This positive thing increased as a result of the transcontinental railroad
  8. 17. What gave the USA more power.
  9. 18. What Americans did after the railroad was established.
  10. 19. East and____ (Directions the transcontinental railroad connected)
  11. 20. Types of people who helped build the transcontinental railroad.
Down
  1. 1. What happened to the standard of living as a result of the transcontinental railroad.
  2. 2. War that the transcontinental railroad was initiated during
  3. 4. Lots of _________ were consumed in the process of creating the railroad.
  4. 5. What happened to the price of travel after the transcontinental railroad was established
  5. 8. Types of goods that were moved from east to west.
  6. 9. What happened to towns and cities as a result of the transcontinental railroad.
  7. 10. What changed drastically as a result of the transcontinental railroad.
  8. 11. Number of companies that competed to build the transcontinental railroad
  9. 15. Number of years that the transcontinental railroad took to complete.
  10. 18. 1776 of these were covered by the transcontinental railroad.