Vocabulary in context

The Civil War created feverish manufacturing activity to supply critical material, especially in the North.

• extremely rapid

• sickly and slow

• very dangerous

• understandable

The population flow from farm to city increased, and the labor force it provided was buttressed by millions of newly arrived immigrants willing to work for low wages in the mills of the North and on the railroad crews of the Midwest and West.

• concerned

• supplemented

• restructured

• enriched

Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach came to symbolize the Wild West. Its rugged body and a suspension system of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads.

• peaceful

• bustling

• industrial

• tiny

Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach came to symbolize the Wild West. Its rugged body and a suspension system of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads.

• streamlined

• roomy

• sturdy

• primitive

Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach came to symbolize the Wild West. Its rugged body and a suspension system of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads.

• signs

• shocks

• sights

• shots

The Civil War created feverish manufacturing activity to supply critical material, especially in the North.

• industrial

• serious

• crucial

• insulting

When the fighting stopped, the stage was set for dramatic economic growth. Wartime taxes on production had vanished, and the few taxes that remained leaned heavily on real estate, not on business.

• tools and machines

• actual income

• new enterprises

• land and buildings

The federal government’s position toward economic expansion was nothing if not accommodating. The government established tariff barriers, provided loans and grants to build a transcontinental railroad, and assumed a

studied stance of nonintervention in private enterprise.

• persistent

• indifferent

• balanced

• helpful

A Wells, Fargo Concord Coach carried nine to fourteen passengers plus baggage and mail. The accommodations were by no means plush. However, while conditions may have been primitive and service not always prompt, the stagecoach was the swiftest method of travel through much of the Far West.

• most comfortable

• cheapest

• most direct

• fastest

In penguins, wings have been modified into flippers and feathers into a waterproof covering. In kiwis, the wings are almost impossible to detect.

• utilize

• extend

• observe

• describe