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Question 17
17.

The articles titled "A Small, Small World," "It's About Time," and "A Lost Way of Life" provide specific details about the Transcontinental Railroad. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast how the Transcontinental Railroad affected people's lives. Use details from all three texts to support your answer.

Question 1
1.

What does the word telegraph mean in the sentence?

Question 2
2.

Which quote from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 3
3.

How did the Transcontinental Railroad help U.S. businesses grow during the late 1800s?

Question 4
4.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 5
5.

Which of the following is an inference that can be drawn from the article?

Question 6
6.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 7
7.

Select the correct detail for the following main idea:
Railroads were difficult to operate with the local time system.

Question 8
8.

Select the correct detail for the following main idea:
Sandford Fleming helped created a system of standardized time.

Question 9
9.

How did Sandford Fleming's relationship with the railroad affect standardized time?

Question 10
10.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 11
11.

What was the main reason that thousands of hunters traveled to the Great Plains to hunt the bison?

Question 12
12.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 13
13.

What does the word expanse mean in the sentence?

Question 14
14.

Which phrase from the paragraph best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 15
15.

Which idea is discussed in both passages?

Question 16
16.

Which pair of sentences from the two passages best supports the answer to Part A?