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ssal

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on: Jun 30, 2018
Between 1864 and 1900, the largest portion of railroad track (as a percentage of total annual construction) was laid in which region of the U.S.?
 a. the Southeast
  b. the Northeast
  c. the Pacific Northwest
  d. the Great Plains region

Question 2

Widespread assumptions about the first transatlantic railroad did NOT include:
 a. that government support was as essential.
  b. that profits to the nation would be enormous.
  c. that private investors would be easily compensated for any risk.
  d. that transatlantic crossing via rail would take a fraction of the time of a clipper ship passage.


softEldritch

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d. the Great Plains region

Answer to Question 2

c. that private investors would be easily compensated for any risk.


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