RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Processing coal
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Drilling oil
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Manufacturing Coca-Cola bottles
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Building railroads
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chattanooga was the site of the world’s first Coca-Cola Bottling Company in 1899. The Coca-Cola taste was invented by a pharmacist in Atlanta in 1886 and was originally only sold as a fountain drink. Two businessmen from Chattanooga convinced the owner of Coca-Cola to expand into bottling the beverage.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Root Glass Company of Indiana. They created the iconic glass Coca‑Cola Contour Bottle in 1915.
Detailed explanation-3: -Large scale bottling was made possible just five years later, when in 1899, three enterprising businessmen in Chattanooga, Tennessee secured exclusive rights to bottle and sell Coca-Cola. The three entrepreneurs purchased the bottling rights from Asa Candler for just $1.