1) Supervised most of the railway construction in BC a) Track layers 1 b) Louis Riel c) Sir John A. Macdonald d) Andrew Onderdonk 2) Used a transit to find the flattest ground along the shortest route for the CPR a) Grading crews 1 b) Navvies 1 c) Sir John A. Macdonald d) Surveyors 3) Was a Metis leader who led the Northwest Rebellion a) Louis Riel b) Navvies 2 c) Gabriel Dumont d) Navvies 1 4) Followed the path that was marked out by the surveyors. They cut down a wide path of trees to clear the route. a) Track layers 1 b) Track layers 2 c) Andrew Onderdonk d) Grading crews 1 5) Made ties from the tree trunks that were cut to clear the path for the roadbed. a) Sir John A. Macdonald b) Track layers 2 c) Navvies 1 d) Dynamite crews 6) Put a mixture of soil and gravel (called ballast) between the ties. They did this to make the track steady and stable. a) Sir John A. Macdonald b) Grading crews 1 c) Track layers 3 d) Navvies 2 7) Joined the rails by bolting them together with flat metal plates. These were called fishplates. a) Track layers 2 b) Navvies 1 c) Sir John A. Macdonald d) Dynamite crews 8) Laid 2 steel rails on top of the wooden ties. These rails were 12 meters long and had to be perfectly straight. a) Louis Riel b) Track layers 3 c) William Van Horne d) Navvies 2 9) Blasted through mountains to make a route for the train. Dynamite was tamped into the holes and then lit. a) Andrew Onderdonk b) Sandford Fleming c) Dynamite crews d) Track layers 3 10) Worked around the clock in shifts to build bridges over rivers. They also built trestles across deep mountain valleys. a) Track layers 3 b) Track layers 1 c) Bridge gangs d) Louis Riel 11) Was the first prime minister of Canada. a) Sir John A. Macdonald b) Navvies 1 c) Track layers 3 d) Sandford Fleming 12) Was the chief engineer of the Pacific Railway Survey a) Grading crews 1 b) William Van Horne c) Sandford Fleming d) Louis Riel 13) Was hired to oversee the building of the entire railway. a) William Van Horne b) Sandford Fleming c) Track layers 3 d) Gabriel Dumont 14) Helped lead the Northwest Rebellion a) Track layers 3 b) Sandford Fleming c) Gabriel Dumont d) Sir John A. Macdonald 15) Used a 30 meter chain to measure 30 meter distances. Every 30 meters they put in a stake and wrote a number on it. This number showed them how far they had come. a) Dynamite crews b) Surveyors c) Navvies 2 d) Measuring gangs

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