Railroads and the telegraph made an impact on newspapers because they
a. decreased the cost of shipping newspapers.
b. increased readership.
c. increased the speed in which reporters were able to transmit their stories.
d. made production more cost-effective.
e. reduced the public’s reliance on newspapers as their main source of information.
ANS: C
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