The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
a. enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living by shipping their goods across the country.
b. enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities.
c. united the nation into a single, integrated national market.
d. made it possible for some immigrants to settle in the West.
e. developed a skilled industrial workforce.
Question 2
When the new government was launched in 1789
a. the nation's population was doubling about every twenty-five years.
b. most people lived in the fast-growing cities.
c. most people lived west of the Allegheny Mountains.
d. New York was the largest city in the nation.
e. Great Britain refused to establish diplomatic relations with the United States.