From 1863 and 1869, roughly 15,000 Chinese workers helped build the transcontinental railroad. Chinese workers made up most of the workforce between roughly 700 miles of train tracks between Sacramento, California, and Promontory, Utah.
Did not give blacks a chance to escape slavery
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
I agree with Lincoln's view of the proper role of government in that the government should be of service to all the citizens. That is why in a modern democracy such as the one in the United States, it is the citizens the ones who have the right to vote and elect their President and their representatives. Then, these representatives have to create the laws and legislation that protects and benefits the citizens, never to benefit the particular agendas of powerful interest groups.
The citizens have to respect and obey laws and support the government's decisions if the government is doing a good job to promote the economy and the creation of jobs.
The correct answer is B: To increase economic growth
With regards to economic growth, the <em>goal</em> of expansionary fiscal policy is to <em>increase economic growth</em> by the government expanding its money supply to the economy. It is achieved when the government seeks to increase aggregate demand through high government spending and lower tax levels. The purpose of expansionary fiscal policy is to boost the growth of a healthy economic level. The government usually wants to reduce unemployment, increase consumer demand, and avoid a recession.
