Why did the railroad companies 'hike up' their prices with the
expansion of railroad track to the
West?

B. Railroad companies knew people world pay a lot for a much faster an safer way to travel west.

Explanation:

Western farmers relied on railroads for crops and other goods transportation than other regions because they lacked roads or river systems. The expansion of the railroad reduces the time and money to move large goods. The railroads helped people to move to the West to start a new life. Railroad companies change rates so they would increase their profits.

the space race was a battle to make advanced technology to get to the moon and to get a better understanding of space.

- a government ruled by the people, or assembly. officials monarchy - a single ruler like a king. over time some city-states, like athens would change governments. what this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws.