the builders of the transcontinental railroad used legal and illegal means to cut costs and finance construction. which of the following were legal means? (select all the choices that apply.)

a.
giving building contracts to themselves

b.
overcharging the government for work

c.
receiving government aid

d.
allowing poor and unsafe workmanship

e.
selling stock in their companies

Describe the indian removal from north georgia. was the evacuation carried out according to plan? explain

What is one way china and canada are different

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.