Which of the Following Statements Is NOT Accurate

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?

• A) The French and the British engaged in major road construction in the eighteenth century.
• B) A boom in canal construction occurred in Britain and the United States between 1760 and 1820.
• C) Steam-powered railroads began to replace horse-powered railroad in the 1820s.
• D) The telegraph industry was first developed in the 1840s.
• E) Most European railroad construction and administration in the nineteenth century remained in private hands.