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In what year was the first transcontinental railroad finished?
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User: In what year was the first transcontinental railroad finished?

Weegy: The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,907-mile (3,069 km) contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the [ Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River. ]
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User: The invention of the telegraph was responsible for all EXCEPT which of the following? A. an increase in the speed of communication B. a revolution in journalism C. an increase in the selling of stocks during the Panic of 1857 D. a revolution in agriculture

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The invention of the telegraph was responsible for all EXCEPT: a revolution in agriculture.
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