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Beginning in the early 1870s, railroad construction in the United States increased dramatically. Prior to 1871, approximately 45,000 miles of track had been laid. Between 1871 and 1900, another 170,000 miles were added to the nation's growing railroad system. Much of the growth can be attributed to the building of the transcontinental railroads. In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which authorized the construction of a transcontinental railroad. The first such railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. By 1900, four additional transcontinental railroads connected the eastern states with the Pacific Coast. Four of the five transcontinental railroads were built with assistance from the federal government through land grants. Receiving millions of acres of public lands from Congress, the railroads were assured land on which to lay the tracks and land to sell, the proceeds of which helped companies finance the construction of their railroads. Not all railroads were built with government assistance, however. Smaller railroads had to purchase land on which to lay their tracks from private owners, some of whom objected to the railroads and refused to grant rights of way. Laying track and living in and among the railroad construction camps was often very difficult. Railroad construction crews were not only subjected to extreme weather conditions, they had to lay tracks across and through many natural geographical features, including rivers, canyons, mountains, and desert. Like other large economic opportunity situations in the expanding nation, the railroad construction camps attracted all types of characters, almost all of whom were looking for ways to turn a quick profit, legally or illegally. Life in the camps was often very crude and rough. By 1900, much of the nation's railroad system was in place. The railroad opened the way for the settlement of the West, provided new economic opportunities, stimulated the development of town and communities, and generally tied the country together. When the railroads were shut down during the great railroad strike of 1894, the true importance of the railroads was fully realized.
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1) Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is considered a musical and a D) folk opera. <span>Porgy and Bess is a </span>folk tale which was taken as a basis of the opera. The first time Porgy and Bess was performed in Boston on September, then <span>it moved to Broadway in New York City which was a great success for composer and the troupe.
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2) "The question" in Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question is represented by B) the program. The composer gives<span> a narrative as in </span>program music, that is a type of music<span> that attempts to musically render an extra-musical </span>narrative. Even though Ives employed very creative technique, The Unanswered question was not popular and <span>was not performed until 1946.
</span><span>3) The American composer that was not influenced by jazz is A) Aaron Copland. The rest of composers were greatly influenced by jazz, which can be understood at the very beginning of any of their works. But Copland was different, he came up with his self-made style after three years of studying with Boulanger whose eclectic approach to music he found inspiring.
4) A fuging tune, by definition, includes A) imitative polyphony. A fugue is a contrapuntal compositional technique that is enacted in two or more voices, built on a musical theme that is introduced at the beginning in imitation. In music, imitation means repetition at different pitches. Fuging tune is special because it is tend to recur frequently throughout the composition.
5) The most important American composer of tone poems was <span>Edward MacDowell B) </span>Edward MacDowell. Tone poem, which is also known as symphonic poem, is a piece of orchestral music that illustrates the content of non-musical source. It was brought into the world by composer Franz Liszt and popularized in many works of Edward MacDowell, in his <span>second piano concerto.</span></span>
Light (outdoor). Air (flying fins) Water (hanging white cage)
