Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describe New Means of Transportation

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describe new means of transportation and communication in Europe in the nineteenth century?

• A) Although the first steamship had been invented, regular, commercial use of steamships did not begin until the early twentieth century.
• B) While railroads were good for passengers, they made the transportation of coal and manufactured goods less efficient.
• C) Although steamships were in use in Europe in the nineteenth century, they were not yet able to make the trip across the Atlantic to the United States.
• D) Although Napoleon Bonaparte had already developed a way to transmit messages over long distances, Samuel Morse improved it with the invention of the telegraph.
• E) While systems of transportation and communications were on the rise, inventors relied solely on the free market to develop them and failed to receive any state support.

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