Question 47 of 86 in this topic
Difficulty: EasyParagraph Comprehension
Railroads originating on both coasts of the United States were joined on May 10, 1869, when a golden
spike was driven to join the last rail at Promontory Point, Utah. Great numbers of immigrants moved west
to take up free homestead land or purchase tracts at low prices.
According to the passage, the settling of the American West
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