Across
- 4. the railroads made trade with ____ countries easier
- 7. Washington became part of the transcontinental system when the tracks of the Northern Pacific's rail line from the ____ ____ to Puget Sound were joined
- 12. *enough money to pay debt
- 14. consumed between 20 and 50 percent of annual timber production in the US
- 15. *land from government
Down
- 1. date first transcontinental was completed
- 2. relied on the railroads to get the machinery and tools from manufacturers in the East
- 3. the government encouraged _____ from Asia and Europe to get enough workers to build the railroads
- 5. railroad that was a very important corporation in the states history
- 6. individual most responsible for the completion of the northern pacific
- 8. president of the Great Northern Railroad
- 9. *dishonest practices in business or politics
- 10. the government provided loans for each ____ of track laid
- 11. congress passed the pacific railroad survey bill the same year Washington became a ____
- 13. downside to loan practices and land grants system