RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the transcontinental railroad opened frontier markets to new products and goods from the east
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the transcontinental railroad decimated the herds of buffalo that the Indians were dependent on
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the construction of the transcontinental railroad depended heavily on the labor of Chinese and Irish immigrants
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The answer to the question is D. Rail connections to the Great Plains proved especially devastating. After acquiring horses, Indians there had become heavily dependent on the plains bison for food, shelter, clothing, trade, and much more.
Detailed explanation-2: -Railroads had a significant impact when they were introduced to the American West in the 1870s. Rail access spurred white migration and land occupation, altered the cattle industry, and affected the soil ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best explains how the completion of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad affected the development of the United States? It demonstrated that national projects could be completed without government assistance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each company faced unprecedented construction problems-mountains, severe weather, and the hostility of Native Americans. On May 10, 1869, in a ceremony at Promontory, Utah, the last rails were laid and the last spike driven.
Detailed explanation-5: -Just as it opened the markets of the west coast and Asia to the east, it brought products of eastern industry to the growing populace beyond the Mississippi. The railroad ensured a production boom, as industry mined the vast resources of the middle and western continent for use in production.