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The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in __________.

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1869

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The federal government's role in building infrastructure was controversial because

A) it might make mistakes.
B) it might spend too much money.
C) it was unconstitutional.
D) that might give it too much power.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Early railroad transportation was extremely undependable.

The first functional railroad in the United States was the

Roads were the most important form of transportation throughout the 19th century.

The power source that allowed the creation of new forms of transportation was __________.

Robert Fulton is the unquestioned inventor of the steamboat.

How did industrialization begin in America? What factors made American industry different from European industrial systems?

The court case Gibbons v. Ogden set the precedent that only the federal government could regulate

In the early United States, roads were commonly the responsibility of __________.

The steamboat era in the United States was inaugurated on which river?

How did Native American inhabitants of the Atlantic seaboard create an agricultural system? How did the agricultural system of European settlers differ from theirs? How did Europeans adopt Native American systems to survive?

Canal building created economic growth.

Railroads were eventually supplanted by __________.

Which of the following was not a benefit of a unified transportation system to the early United States?

How did steam power revolutionize American industry and systems of transportation?

Monopolies over __________ were so valuable they were challenged in court.

Most commerce in the 18th century moved by water.

Canals were an important part of American infrastructure throughout the 19th century.

The first state to charter a turnpike company was __________.