THE RAILROAD NETWORK Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer and write the letter in the box
1. When the Civil War began, most of the railroad track in the United States
was in the
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
2. Without a standard gauge
A. trains from one company did not fit the tracks of
another company
B. passengers and goods had to be unloaded each time they
changed lines
Ctrips took much longer than they do now
D. all of the above
3. By 1886
A. most railroad companies had agreed on a standard gauge
B. 200,000 miles of railroad connected towns and cities
C. 90 percent of Americans lived in towns and cities
D. all of the above
4. Railroads moved raw materials to
A. factories
B. markets
C. people's homes
D. all of the above
S. The railroad helped change the United States into a mostly
country
A. agricultural
B. Industrial
C. rural
D. none of the above