The packet ships, stagecoaches, and canal boats that were major elements of the transportation network in the United States and that developed during this era
A) were fully self-supporting from the revenue they generated from private business and investors.
B) depended on contracts with the federal post office to make their routes profitable.
C) frequently experienced serious financial trouble because the revenues from their businesses could not pay off loans and investors.
D) often broke down because of engineering defects and shoddy workmanship of these new forms of transportation.
Answer: B
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