History

Question

27. Which title best completes the partial outline

below?

A. California Gold Rush

(1849)

B. Homestead Act (1862)

C. Completion of

transcontinental railroad

(1869)

A.

Factors Encouraging Westward Settlement

B.

Government-Sponsored Transportation

Programs

C.

Recognition of Native American Indian Land

Rights

D.

Actions Promoting the Conservation of

Natural Resources

Answer

B. Government-Sponsored Transportation Programs.

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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 was a significant government-sponsored transportation program that encouraged westward settlement. The railroad made it easier...