Statistics for The Transcontinental Railroad

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Question	Answer	% Correct
This railroad crossed the Sierra Nevada.	Central Pacific	79%
This railroad built the longest track.	Union Pacific	79%
This railroad used predominantly Chinese workers as their workers.	Central Pacific	71%
This railroad was run by the "Big 4": C. Crocker, C. Huntington, L. Stanford, and M. Hopkins.	Central Pacific	71%
This railroad surveyed by Grenville M. Dodge.	Union Pacific	71%
This railroad crossed the Rocky Mountains.	Union Pacific	71%
This railroad used predominantly civil war veterans as the work force.	Union Pacific	71%
This railroad surveyed by Theodore D. Judah.	Central Pacific	64%
This railroad founded the Credit Mobilier Co. to manage the construction.	Union Pacific	64%
This railroad founded the Contract and Finance Co. to manage the construction	Central Pacific	57%
This railroad built snow sheds over the majority of their mountain track.	Central Pacific	50%
This railroad was owned by council including Dr. Durant, Grenville Dodge and the Ames brothers.	Union Pacific	50%
This Railroad got to hammer in, and keep the golden spike.	Central Pacific	43%
This railroad used nitroglycerin for tunneling.	Both	36%
This Railroad used Mormon workers from Salt Lake City.	Both	36%