The adoption of a standard gauge system for all railroads __________
A) allowed all rails to be built of steel instead of inferior quality metal
B) allowed trains to travel on all tracks, thus integrating the entire system
C) kept all trains running on the same time schedule
D) allowed tracks to be built on both government and private lands
E) kept the trains from derailing so often and so disastrously
Answer: B
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A) the Spanish government. B) Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. C) Speaker of the House Henry Clay. D) Secretary of War John C. Calhoun.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. paid high wages b. subsidized industries c. used tariffs d. was a vast free trade area
Poor people in cities were afflicted by various social problems, but they received the most constructive help from:
a. the Salvation Army, the YMCA, and the YWCA b. Protestant Churches c. saloons and ethnic societies d. brothels and fraternal orders