Which of the following is the most accurate description of steam technology in the transportation revolution of the antebellum years?
a. Its impact on the South and West was staggering.
b. It made many railroad networks redundant.
c. It had little impact on economic development.
d. The technology proved too costly to implement until the 1890s.
ANSWER: a
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