What Effect Did the Establishment of an Extensive Railway System

question 83

Multiple Choice

What effect did the establishment of an extensive railway system have on the American economy?

• A) It encouraged rapid urbanization, so that by 1850 the majority of Americans in the North lived in cities.
• B) It made Chicago America's financial and commercial center during the nineteenth century.
• C) It created an economic bubble that led to a depression beginning in 1843.
• D) It created economic connections between the Northwest and the Northeast.
• E) It significantly increased the costs paid by farmers to transport their goods to market.

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