Which Statement Was Not True of Railroads in the 1880s

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which statement was not true of railroads in the 1880s? ​

• A)They stimulated the development of a national market.
• B)They consumed more than half of the nation's steel production.
• C)​There was only one transcontinental line.
• D)​They moved toward consolidation. 

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