In the 1820s and 1830s, railroads
A. saw their greatest development in the southern slave states.
B. had not yet been constructed in America.
C. became the dominant form of transportation in the nation.
D. played a relatively small role in the nation's transportation system.
E. standardized both the gauge of tracks and timetables.
D
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