Completed by largely Chinese and Irish labor, this railway was completed in Promontory Point, Utah, 1869, linking the western and eastern parts of the United States.
What will be an ideal response?
Transcontinental Railroad
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The peasants of Germany and Switzerland heard promises of political __________ and social betterment in Protestant sermons and pamphlets.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In contrast to what transpired during World War I, Germany during World War II was able to
a. defeat the Soviet Union b. conquer France quickly c. neutralize the American threat d. appease Britain
In the 1950s, African American record producer Berry Gordy founded ________ in Detroit.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The purpose of the 1819 Carlsbad Decrees, which were adopted by the German rulers on Metternich?s prodding, was to
A) crush liberalism and nationalism in the German states. B) support the student Burschenschaften movement in the German universities. C) accept the principle of representative government. D) recognize France as an equal European power. E) allow the Austrian emperor to reign over the German states.