The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad greatly affected companies that made products in that it made it far easier for them to transport their goods over long distances to markets, which greatly increased profits and output.
2.Doubled is the correct answer
The GI Bill helped veterans pay for school and living expenses so they could attend college and obtain a degree. Those who attended college were more likely to find better paying jobs.
The correct answer here is the option C.
Following the Civil War and the Fifteenth Amendment the states that still resisted the participation of the African Americans in the political life used numerous tactics to keep the African Americans from voting, usually the poll taxes and literacy tests. This was an effective way to do it as many African Americans who have just been freed had no money at all and no education as well.