What impact did the construction of the transcontinental railroad have on the country

answer:

it connect eastern cities to larger, northern/southern ones and offered a way to transfer more goods, faster

explanation:

assessment is the missing word

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.