Across
- 3. Material of the original ceremonial spike
- 7. Civil engineer who surveyed possible routes through the West
- 9. Accelerated by the completion of the railroad. westward ________
- 10. Workers attacked by Native Americans during construction
- 12. Meeting point of the two railroads in Utah. ______ summit
- 13. Main workforce for Union Pacific _______ immigrants
- 14. Mountain range that slowed Central Pacific construction
- 15. Reason people wanted a railroad across the country
Down
- 1. Reason Congress was hesitant to approve the railroad initially
- 2. Many joined Union Pacific workforce after the Civil War
- 4. Groups who resisted the railroad construction and lost traditional way of life
- 5. Made up 80% of Central Pacific workforce and did dangerous work ______ workers
- 6. Started building eastward from Sacramento, California. ________ Pacific
- 8. Started building westward from Iowa-Nebraska border. ________ Pacific
- 11. Chinese workers often lived in these while blasting mountains