Answer:
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad had a huge impact on American life and economy. It greatly sped up travel time. Before the railroad, you needed around six months to travel from the coast of California to New York and after it started with the operation you needed only around one week. This meant more expansion of the industry, trade, businesses, and expansion of populated areas. Unfortunately many Native American tribes were displaced and the US military was called in to fight the tribes.
The statement which expresses the central idea of the text is ''Since the Gilded Age, journalism has not been about making a profit, rather it has been about reporting the news''
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
Gilded age was the time period that was between the civil war and the first world war. Gilded age was the age when some of the people in the United States who were very rich, had assets and were very wealthy but the average people were not leading a very comfortable life and were there fore struggling. One of the industries which was also struggling was that of journalism and they could hardly earn money to survive and were not making any profits in their business.
