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Question 1

Transcontinental railroad

Answer 1

Stretches from coast to coast

Question 2

Subsidy

Answer 2

A financial aid or land grant from the government

Question 3

Why couldn’t they get workers for the transcontinental rail?

Answer 3

Low pay, dangerous, labor scarce during civil war

Question 4

How did they resolve having no workers

Answer 4

Hired immigrants

Question 5

Why was building dangeous

Answer 5

Had to go through lots of landscapes

Question 6

What did the railroads do for the west

Answer 6

Make cities near rails,
Economic growth
Lots of jobs
Etc

Question 7

Whos james hill

Answer 7

Built the last major cross country road

Encouraged farmers to move west by providing mats

Question 8

Gauge

Answer 8

Width

Question 9

Network

Answer 9

System of rails

Question 10

Westington

Answer 10

All trains stop at once

Question 11

Pullman

Answer 11

Comfy travel

Question 12

What economical benefits did the rails have

Answer 12

Great investment

Could transfer goods farther

Question 13

Consolidate

Answer 13

To combine

Question 14

Whos vanderbilt

Answer 14

Bought tons of railroads and made a fortune

Question 15

Rebate

Answer 15

Discount to big buyer

Question 16

Pool

Answer 16

Several rail companies agree to divide business in a area and set prices

Question 17

Populotist

Answer 17

Petitioned for cheap rails

Question 18

How did they build the nation

Answer 18

Opened in every corner of usa
Rapid growth of industry
New ways for business

Question 19

Panic of 1983

Answer 19

Rails started shutting down scaring other rails to shut down