Widespread Assumptions About the First Transatlantic Railroad Did NOT Include

question 39

Multiple Choice

Widespread assumptions about the first transatlantic railroad did NOT include

• A) that government support was as essential.
• B) that profits to the nation would be enormous.
• C) that private investors would be easily compensated for any risk.
• D) that transatlantic crossing via rail would take a fraction of the time of a clipper ship passage.

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