Multiple Choice
The ability to finance the building of the railroad with money received from federal land grants
A) allowed the rail operators to come through an economic depression without bankruptcy.
B) caused the operators to be extravagant and sometimes even corrupt.
C) meant that the railway operators could pay their workers much higher average wages.
D) made the rail lines be conservative with operating costs.
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