In 1860, how far west could a person travel by rail from new york?
only as far as chicago
only as far as the mississippi river
only as far as the missouri river
all the way to the west coast

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Railroad improvements, however, generally directed on the speedy express trains. The appearance of the Transcontinental Express train in San Francisco on this day in 1876 was universally praised in the newspapers and magazines of the day. With this new express service, a businessman could leave New York City on Monday morning, give 83 hours in resting comfort, and arrive refreshed and ready for work in San Francisco by Thursday evening. The dominant agent of steam had completely recoiled a large nation to a flexible size.

In 1860, a person could travel only as far as the Missouri River by rail from New York. Option C is correct.

After the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, the train could go all the way to the west coast. Transcontinental railroad was a major development due to the fact that it allowed continuous railroad for more than 3000 km.

A transcontinental railroad constitutes a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders.

the culture of the americas was influenced by the language, food, and music of africa.

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a proxy war which functioned as a training field for wwii

republican democratic goverment

national side, leaded by the fascist general franco

the spanish civil war took place between 1936 and 1939 and was fought after a military coup undertaken on the 17th july 1936 by a group of generals that had seceeded from the spanish republican army, under the leadership of general franco, and who aimed to expel the democractically-elected republican goverment from power.

this war became a proxy war in which european powers tested their military equipment. on one side, urss and mexico supported the left-wing republican spanish goverment, while nazi germany and fascist italy supported the national fascist side.

franco managed to win the war in 1939, with the significant contribution of the foreign military support, and became the dictator of spain until his death in 1975.

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