UNIT 1 CYU EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network? - ANS They
provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869? - ANS The Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except: - ANS The
Canadian Railroad.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
Company v. Illinois? - ANS It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved what? - ANS -Required railroads to publish their rates
openly
-Set up the Interstate Commerce Commission
-Outlawed charging more for a short haul than for a long one
Prohibited rebates and pools
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network? - ANS They
provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869? - ANS The Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except: - ANS The
Canadian Railroad.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
Company v. Illinois? - ANS It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved what? - ANS -Required railroads to publish their rates
openly
-Set up the Interstate Commerce Commission
-Outlawed charging more for a short haul than for a long one
Prohibited rebates and pools
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.