Name _________________________________________________________________
CHAPTER 2: SETTLING THE WESTERN FRONTIER 1862-1890
Date _________________________
LESSON 1: THE GREAT PLAINS (p. 47-49)
A. The Great Plains
1) The Great Plains was the vast stretch of land between the _____________________________________________
and the Rocky Mountains
2) Starting in 1858, people traveled west by _____________________________________, and good were shipped
by __________________________________________
3) Communication improved in ________________ with the completion of the ______________________________
B. How Was the Transcontinental Railroad Built?
1) The Central Pacific Railroad started at ___________________________, _____________________________ and
was built eastward; many ________________________ immigrants helped build it
2) The Union Pacific Railroad started at _________________________, _____________________________ and was
built westward; many _______________________ war veterans helped build it
3) In 1869, the two railroads met at ________________________________________________________, Utah