Which of the Following Is True

question 237

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A)The completion of the transcontinental railroad system in the 1880s eventually made the United States the world's first mass market.
• B)Southern manufacturers benefited from high protective tariffs of the 19th century that kept out cheaper Japanese manufactured goods.
• C)The canal system linking east-coast rivers with the Great Lakes in the 1820s created an "American economy" rather than just a series of regional economies located in one country.
• D)Agricultural inventions such as John Deere's steel plows did little to improve farm productivity.