Answers Mad 2017 Am Hist A 50 SSHomesteaders and the Transcontinental Railroad

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How did the transcontinental railroad affect US commerce?

The railroad decreased commerce by making shipping more expensive.

The railroad increased commerce by making shipping easier and cheaper.

The railroad led to major corruption in business, which hurt commerce.

The railroad decreased commerce by making trading posts disappear.

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Materials that had to be shipped to Central Pacific workers included

coal and oil.

silver and machinery.

oil and gold.

iron and machinery.

What did the Homestead Act grant to homesteaders?

It granted participants as much land as they pledged to farm.

It granted an extra 80 acres of land to anyone who made a purchase.

It granted anyone the right to rent farmland from the government.

It granted 160 acres of land to settlers who paid a small filing fee.

After the completion of the railroad, a major industry in the West was

ranching.

banking.

milling.

fishing.

How were the conflicts between homesteaders and Indigenous People resolved in the wake of the Homestead Act?

Homesteaders formed their own small armies and militias.

The American government forced Indigenous People to leave the land.

The American government used force against the homesteaders.

Congress repealed the Homestead Act to prevent further conflict.

During the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States,

cities on the coasts were cut off from the rest of the country.

many people lost interest in new settlements.

Civil War refugees fled to new towns in the western territories.

many new towns and settlements grew.

How did Abraham Lincoln affect the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 into law, which stimulated the construction of the railroad.

Lincoln appointed Theodore Judah to survey the land and locate investors for the transcontinental railroad.

Lincoln obstructed the passage of the railroad bill because he wanted the government to focus on the Civil War.

Lincoln prevented Leland Stanford from running one of the two railroad companies in order to avoid a monopoly.

What was one fraudulent strategy that speculators engaged in to meet the requirements of the Homestead Act?

They sold high priced public land to the Indigenous People.

They promised homesteaders a reliable link to the East.

They rented out plots of land to the Indigenous People.

They built tiny dwellings measured in inches rather than feet.

Due to the railroads, American settlers were able to travel west in larger numbers. How did this migration impact Indigenous People?

Indigenous People’s way of life changed because buffalo herds were destroyed for commercial markets.

Indigenous People voluntarily went to reservations because they needed to find food and shelter.

Indigenous People became cattle ranchers in order to survive a decrease in income.

Indigenous People faced economic decline because they could no longer sell buffalo meat.

One modern town that was originally built to serve the railroads was

Cheyenne.

San Francisco.

New York.

Omaha.

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