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Check all that apply.What two companies began building railroads that would join to complete a transcontinental route? Central
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The Transcontinental Railroad,end bold,paragraph 1,In 1863, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad companies began
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The shaded areas of the map are land that the US government granted to railroad companies.What was one reason the United States
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Fill in the blankThe purpose of the act was to provide land to railroad companies so that a transcontinental railroad could be
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What was the main impact of the railroad industry?(1 point) A. People built farms and businesses in the West. B. There was
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The transcontinental railroad made it possible for families to keep in touch, people to take vacations, andA: businesses to move
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When the Populist Party was founded in 1891, it hoped to keep which of the following businesses from treating farmers unfairly?A
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Who pushed for railroad regulation and created the Texas Railroad Commission? ___________________What did the commission
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The first railroad to carry freight and passengers was the:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad South Carolina Railroad Portage Railroad
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What was one effect the growing railroad industry had on the country?(2 points)Leaders in the railroad industry wanted to get
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