All of the Following Are True About 19th Century Railroads,except

question 47

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about 19th century railroads,except

• A) Rail transportation had a number of significant advantages over canal travel.
• B) Trains traveled significantly faster than mules.
• C) Railroads had become the cornerstone of the American transportation revolution of the 1840s and 1850s.
• D) Railroads crisscrossed the South far more densely than in the North.
• E) By the 1860s, more than 30,000 miles of track ran through the country.

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