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Practice #1   Writing in complete sentences - answers

C means the sentence is Complete and F means it is a Fragment.

1. ___F__ Five transcontinental railroads by 1900.

2. ___C__ They soon had electric lighting, steam heat, dining cars and sleeping cars.

3. ___F__ On trains with names like the Twentieth Century Limited, the Super Chief, and the
                    Empire Builder.

4. ___C__ The railroads were partially responsible for settling the western states.

5. ___C__ There were 254,000 miles of railroad track in the U.S. by 1916.

6. ___F__ A major supporter of the steel industry!

7. ___F__ Because the railroads were too big and expensive to be owned by one person.

8. ___C__ They signaled the beginning of the modern corporation.

9. ___F__ Under the laws of incorporation passed in many states in the 1830s and 1840s.

10. __C__  They were able to sell stock to the public to raise money for expansion.

11. __F__ Because they had expanded much to quickly.

12. __F__ Within six months in 1893.

13. __C__ 156 railroads went out of business.

14. __F__ Competition from automobiles in the 1920s.

15. __C__ Competition from trucks also hurt the railroads.

16. __C__ Americans fell in love with the automobile.

17. __F__ Even though commercial air travel was vastly more expensive.

18. __C__ Where it took three days to cross the country by train, a plane could do it in six
                   hours and later only four.

19. __F__ Enormous equipment expenses and spiraling labor costs.

20. __C__ Pessimists predicted the end of all passenger service by the 1970s.
 

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