The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
a. enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living by shipping their goods across the country.
b. enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities.
c. united the nation into a single, integrated national market.
d. made it possible for some immigrants to settle in the West.
e. developed a skilled industrial workforce.
c
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A) The New York elite was made up of newly wealthy men. B) The New York elite were Quakers. C) The proprietors of Pennsylvania generally rented their land to tenants. D) The proprietors of Pennsylvania were willing to sell land to anyone who could pay.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution __________
a. changed the process of electing the president and vice president b. decreased presidential power c. heightened the potential for further political conflict d. stopped the African slave trade e. dealt with the judicial power of the United States
Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on ____ to prepare the economy for war
a. voluntary compliance b. congressional legislation c. presidential powers d. court decisions e. collaboration between business trade associations
Thomas Peters believed that the best hope for freedom for himself and his family lay with __________
a) siding with the British during the American Revolution b) joining the Continental Army c) escaping into the western wilderness d) assisting his master in any way he could