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1. What travel technology did the transcontinental railroad replace?

Steamship

Oxcart

Wagon train and stage coach

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2. The transcontinental railroad reduced travel time to go coast-to-coast from 6 months to –

one day

one week

one month

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3. How did the railroad revolutionize the American economy?

It allowed for goods and people to be transported more easily and more cheaply, increasing trade.

It transformed the United States into a farm-based economy.

It made goods more expensive, providing greater profits to producers.

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4. What ethnic/population groups were primarily employed on the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific?

Union Pacific-Irish & Union veterans
Central Pacific-Chinese

Union Pacific-Chinese
Central Pacific-Italians

Union Pacific-Italians & Union Veterans
Central Pacific-Chinese

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