Question

Which choice completes the sentence at [9] with accurate data based on the timeline?

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line on June 8, 1860
• C. Funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line on October 24, 1861
• D. Funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line in January, 1860

Answer 1

The correct option is B Funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line on June 8, 1860

A careful consideration of the passage and the graph reveals that the passage supplies wrong information with regards to the year when the bill funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line was approved -

"...Congress approved a bill [9] funding the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line in March, 1860." The graph says that in March 1860 the Pony Express was established and it was on the eighth of June, 1860 that the Congress approved the bill. In this context, option B is the only answer.