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| This area was the only frontier that remained to be settled by the middle of the 1800s. |
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| The two tracks of the transcontinental railroad met at Promontory Point, ______. |
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| the first successful liquid-fueled rocket |
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| the first successful airplane |
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| the first successful steamboat |
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| I was the man who founded and built Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. |
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| I was born a slave, but became a famous scientist who worked with plants. |
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| I was a lawyer who became one of America's greatest revival preachers. |
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| I was a converted baseball player who received nationwide attention for my fiery preaching. |
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| I was a shoe salesman who became America's most famous evangelist and founder of a famous Bible institute. |
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| I was the "Father of American Missions" who spent many years preaching to the people of Burma. |
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| I made millions of dollars in the steel industry in America. |
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| I organized the oil industry and became the first billionaire in history. |
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| What two changes were brought about by the transcontinental railroad? |
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| It helped to settle the West. The East was brought closer to the West. |
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| It was built on an assembly line. |
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| How did the telegraph bring the East and West closer together? |
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| People did not feel out of touch with each other; they could send messages instantly. |
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