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How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the settlement of the West?

• By providing people with access to essential goods

• By raising money to build factories along the routes

• By giving funds to local leaders to build schools

• By establishing military forts along the routes

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?

• By raising the consumer price of agricultural products

• By increasing the variety of locally grown crops

• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets

• By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in US transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

What was one intended effect of this government action?

• To reduce the use of gasoline by consumers

• To reduce traffic on interstate highways

• To improve the life expectancy of consumers

• To increase the use of railroads

Which industry is most responsible for these quality-of-life improvements?

• Communications

• Aerospace

• Medical research

• Transportation

A heat shield material designed to act as an insulating barrier is now used to protect high-rise buildings from fires. - NASA

This technology was originally developed primarily to --

• give rockets greater boost during takeoff

• protect the space shuttle on reentry

• provide astronauts with improved navigational equipment

• slow down space capsules as they landed in the ocean

These technological advances can all be traced back to which industry?

• Telecommunications

• Energy

• Aerospace

• Transporation

Which factor links all of these modern innovations?

• They are all products initially created for use in the US communications industry.

• They each include material that was first grown on US experimental farms in the late 19th century

• They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the US space exploration program

• They are all special tools first created for US transportation workers in the early twentieth century.

What is one way to describe the developments shown above?

• Effects of programs to monitor national national security

• Conclusions from research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency

• Program results of the Federal Civil Defense Administration

• Practical applications of technologies developed for spaceflight

Innovations in which industry will most likely make this kind of surgery possible?

• Robotics

• Aeronautics

• Chemistry

• Nursing