CYU Unit 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network? - Answers They
provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869? - Answers The Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except: - Answers
The Canadian Railroad.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
Company v. Illinois? - Answers It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved what? - Answers -Required railroads to publish their
rates openly
-Set up the Interstate Commerce Commission
-Outlawed charging more for a short haul than for a long one
Prohibited rebates and pools
Which of the following was an effect of transcontinental railroad lines? - Answers -The mining
and agricultural industries were stimulated.
-Cities grew in number and population.
-The country experienced a mighty stream of immigration.
-Lands were depleted more quickly.
What did a vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation accomplish? - Answers It
established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final
consumer.
Who of the following was known as the most versatile inventor of the Gilded Age? - Answers
Thomas Edison.
How did J. P. Morgan eliminate his banking competition? - Answers By establishing interlocking
directorates.
To justify their economic domination of their industries, large trusts like Standard Oil and those
of Swift and Armour claimed what? - Answers Large-scale methods of production and
distribution could provide superior products at low prices.
What was the basic belief of the Social Darwinists? - Answers Survival of the fittest.
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network? - Answers They
provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869? - Answers The Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except: - Answers
The Canadian Railroad.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
Company v. Illinois? - Answers It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved what? - Answers -Required railroads to publish their
rates openly
-Set up the Interstate Commerce Commission
-Outlawed charging more for a short haul than for a long one
Prohibited rebates and pools
Which of the following was an effect of transcontinental railroad lines? - Answers -The mining
and agricultural industries were stimulated.
-Cities grew in number and population.
-The country experienced a mighty stream of immigration.
-Lands were depleted more quickly.
What did a vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation accomplish? - Answers It
established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final
consumer.
Who of the following was known as the most versatile inventor of the Gilded Age? - Answers
Thomas Edison.
How did J. P. Morgan eliminate his banking competition? - Answers By establishing interlocking
directorates.
To justify their economic domination of their industries, large trusts like Standard Oil and those
of Swift and Armour claimed what? - Answers Large-scale methods of production and
distribution could provide superior products at low prices.
What was the basic belief of the Social Darwinists? - Answers Survival of the fittest.
