The American Railroad Industry in the First Half of the Nineteenth

question 148

Multiple Choice

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century

• A) was exclusively in the North.
• B) stimulated the coal mining industry.
• C) was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system.
• D) mainly connected one waterway to another waterway.
• E) encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time.

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