{"id":23628,"date":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-did-the-transcontinental-railroad-promote-migration-and-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","slug":"why-did-the-transcontinental-railroad-promote-migration-and-trade","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-did-the-transcontinental-railroad-promote-migration-and-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did the transcontinental railroad promote migration and trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why did the transcontinental railroad promote migration and trade?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>It cut travel time and transportation costs.<\/li>\n<li>It made journeys longer and more expensive.<\/li>\n<li>It connected only local farms.<\/li>\n<li>It carried no passengers or freight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3305,3314],"subject":[12],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-23628","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-california-facts","topic-california-history","subject-united-states-of-america","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>It cut travel time and transportation costs.<\/strong> is correct. The transcontinental railroad reduced travel time and strengthened California\u2019s integration with national markets.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"It cut travel time and transportation costs."},{"right":"no","answer":"It made journeys longer and more expensive."},{"right":"no","answer":"It connected only local farms."},{"right":"no","answer":"It carried no passengers or freight."}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":12,"title":"United States of America","slug":"united-states-of-america"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3305,"title":"California Facts","slug":"california-facts"},{"id":3314,"title":"California History","slug":"california-history"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/23628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=23628"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=23628"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=23628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}