Why was it difficult to travel by rail in the mid to late 1800s (click all that apply)?
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Most track was in the eastern part of the country with very little track out West.
Major rivers, like the Hudson, Mississippi, and Ohio lacked bridges.
Track sizes were not standardized preventing trains from travelling freely.
Aircraft transportation was quickly outpacing rail.
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2 mins • 1 pt
What did the federal government give the builders of the transcontinental railroad to aid construction (click all that apply)?
Money, in the form of bonds and subsidies.
Slave labor.
Land grants.
Technological support in the form of steam-powered machines.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who was the entrepreneur who built the Great Northern Railroad?
Andrew Carnegie
James J. Hill
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
________ Invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Pullman
George Westinghouse
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
________ invented the incandescent light.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Pullman
George Westinghouse
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
________ invented the sleeper cars in trains.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Pullman
George Westinghouse
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
________ invented the air brake for trains.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Pullman
George Westinghouse
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