The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with
a. cash grants from new taxes.
b. land grants and loans.
c. cash grants from higher tariffs.
d. reduced prices for iron and steel.
e. aid for construction of railroad stations.
Question 2
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress
a. was specifically designed to have limited authority and power to regulate political and economic affairs in the states.
b. had no control over public land policy.
c. had no power to regulate commerce.
d. had no tax-collecting authority.
e. acted in a judicial as well as legislative capacity.
Habitat corridor found in Banff National Park.
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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