Which of the following statements concerning the first transcontinental railroad is true?
A) It was financed entirely by private capital, with no government subsidy.
B) It was built primarily with forced labor of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Comanche prisoners of war and black slaves.
C) It was completed in 1869 with the joining of the Union Pacific and Central tracks in Utah.
D) It was a patchwork of short state railroads, built with little thought to transcontinental connections.
E) It was chartered originally by the Confederacy in its hopes to take over the West and then continued by the Union after the South's defeat.
C
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As a result of President Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech in response to Japan's attack on China in 1937, __________________.
A. confirmed isolationists were pleased that the president responded to the incident by invoking the Neutrality Acts B. those who believed the United States had been too soft on Japan in the past were pleased by Roosevelt's denunciation of Japan C. Congress froze Japanese assets in the United States D. the State Department formulated a program designed to halt Japanese aggression in the Far East
Before the 18th century, what was the more common system for entrepreneurial production?
A) slave labor B) the putting-out system C) the factory system D) government work E) collective work sites
The colonial assemblies were modeled after the House of ________ in England
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
How did the careers of the Gracchi contribute to the decline of the Republic?
What will be an ideal response?