All of the following are true of pre–Civil War railroads except
a. they were over-built in the Midwest and Great Lakes region.
b. individual lines tended to be short.
c. they were constructed in several different gauges.
d. independent lines often refused to link up with one another.
e. there was no dominant railroad company.
ANS: A
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a. quickly came to depend on a steady stream of French settlers. b. became home to a homogenous and coherent community of religious refugees from France. c. became known as America's "breadbasket." d. attracted few Frenchmen.
Under the code of chivalry, a common soldier could expect what if he were captured in battle?
a. conscription into the other side's army. b. imprisonment c. death d. being held for ransom. e. having to wait until a mutual exchange of prisoners of war occurred.