APUSH REVIEW Flashcards
“The Work Accomplished — Ceremonies at Promontory Summit.
“Special Dispatch to the New York Times.
“Promontory, Utah, Monday, May 10.
“The long-looked for moment has arrived. . . . The inhabitants of the Atlantic seaboard and dwellers of the Pacific slopes are henceforth emphatically one people. Your correspondent is writing on Promontory Summit amid the deafening shouts of the multitude, with the tick, tick, of the telegraph close to his ear. The proceedings of the day are: . . .
“Laying of the two rails, one opposite the other—one for the Union Pacific Railroad, and one for the Central Pacific Railroad. . . .
“Driving of the last spikes by the two Companies; [the] telegraph [is] to be attached to the spike of the Central Pacific Company, and the last blow to announce to the world by telegraph the completion of the Pacific Railroad.
“Telegram to the President of the United States.
“Telegram to the Associated Press. . . .”
The New York Times, news report, 1869
The development of the railroads as described in the excerpt had which of the following effects on westward expansion in the late 1800s?
Responses
A
Merchants mobilized politically to resist transportation expansion.
B
New commercial centers and communities emerged along rail lines.
C
Governments exerted increased control over transportation industries.
D
New immigrants mostly settled on western farms along rail lines.
B
“The Work Accomplished — Ceremonies at Promontory Summit.
“Special Dispatch to the New York Times.
“Promontory, Utah, Monday, May 10.
“The long-looked for moment has arrived. . . . The inhabitants of the Atlantic seaboard and dwellers of the Pacific slopes are henceforth emphatically one people. Your correspondent is writing on Promontory Summit amid the deafening shouts of the multitude, with the tick, tick, of the telegraph close to his ear. The proceedings of the day are: . . .
“Laying of the two rails, one opposite the other—one for the Union Pacific Railroad, and one for the Central Pacific Railroad. . . .
“Driving of the last spikes by the two Companies; [the] telegraph [is] to be attached to the spike of the Central Pacific Company, and the last blow to announce to the world by telegraph the completion of the Pacific Railroad.
“Telegram to the President of the United States.
“Telegram to the Associated Press. . . .”
The New York Times, news report, 1869
The transportation development described in the excerpt had which of the following effects on agriculture in the United States?
Responses
A
Railroad workers replaced farmers as the largest group of workers in the United States.
B
Food prices rose as a result of increased demand for grain from coastal port cities.
C
Farmers developed cooperative organizations to limit the power of rail companies.
D
Rural immigrant populations outpaced those of cities as access to land
C
